Ten days to build two hospitals with 2000 beds. In February, during the Covid-19 epidemic in China, these images from Wuhan amazed the whole world. The responsiveness of the Chinese authorities had been welcomed, with the idea that such a project would be impossible to carry out in many countries, France in the lead. Despite everything, when the time came, the hexagonal hospitals coped with their means. And prepare to do even better in the event of a new pandemic.
The Conference of CHU Directors General launched a call for tenders for the construction of pre-equipped mobile structures adapted to the reception of patients suffering from one or more organ failures. These modules, which can be connected together, can be in the form of prefabricated (wood, metal, etc.) or containers, with the prior integration of fluid management (air flow, air conditioning, medical oxygen, etc.).
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"The problem is not just the space available to deploy these modules,
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