Huoshenshan Hospital

Huoshenshan Hospital
Huoshenshan Hospital
	Huoshenshan Hospital construction site
Geography
Location	Zhiyinhu Boulevard, Caidian District, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Coordinates	30°31′45″N 114°04′56″E / 30.5291°N 114.0822°E
Services
Beds	1,000
History
Opened	3 February 2020 (Zone 1); 7 February 2020 (Fully opened)
Closed	15 April 2020
Links
Lists	Hospitals in China
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	火神山医院
Traditional Chinese	火神山醫院
Literal meaning	Mount Fire God Hospital
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huǒshénshān Yīyuàn

Video of Huoshenshan Hospital under construction. Video from China News Service

Huoshenshan Hospital (Chinese: 火神山医院; pinyin: Huǒshénshān Yīyuàn; lit. 'Mount Fire God Hospital') was an emergency specialty field hospital, built between 23 January and 2 February 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.^[2]^[3] The facility is located near Zhiyin Lake (知音湖) in the Caidian District, Wuhan, Hubei, China, next to the Wuhan Workers' Sanatorium (武汉职工疗养院), and is designed to treat people with COVID-19.^[4] The hospital has run under the jurisdiction and management of the People's Liberation Army since its completion.^[5] A second field hospital, Leishenshan Hospital, using the same design, opened on 8 February,^[6] A further sixteen other temporary treatment facilities were set up in converted buildings in Wuhan for isolation and treatment of COVID-19 cases.^[7] Huoshenshan and Leishenshan hospitals were closed on 15 April after community transmission stopped in China, almost a month after the other temporary facilities had been closed.^[7]

^ McDonald, Joe (3 February 2020). "Built in 10 days, China's virus hospital takes 1st patients". AP News.
^ "Subdued New Year holiday as China battles virus". www.bbc.com. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ 武汉火神山医院提前半天移交雷神山医院2月5日交付 - 经济观察网－专业财经新闻网站 [Wuhan 'Vulcan Mountain' Hospital handed over half a day in advance Leishenshan Hospital delivered on February 5 - Economic Watch Network]. www.eeo.com.cn. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ 蔡甸临时医院现场：24小时不间断施工 10日内建成武汉“小汤山” [Caidian temporary hospital site: 24-hour uninterrupted construction Wuhan "Xiaotangshan" will be completed within 10 days]. 24 January 2020.
^ Changjiang Daily (26 January 2020). 雷神山医院2月5日投用，火神山医院2月2日整体移交军方 [Thunder Mountain Hospital was commissioned on February 5 and Vulcan Mountain Hospital was handed over to the military as a whole on February 2.]. The Paper. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "The Chinese Government Makes Unprecedented Efforts to Fight Against the Novel Coronavirus". finance.yahoo.com. 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Lu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[auto1-1] McDonald, Joe (3 February 2020). "Built in 10 days, China's virus hospital takes 1st patients". AP News.

[2] "Subdued New Year holiday as China battles virus". www.bbc.com. 24 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[3] 武汉火神山医院提前半天移交雷神山医院2月5日交付 - 经济观察网－专业财经新闻网站 [Wuhan 'Vulcan Mountain' Hospital handed over half a day in advance Leishenshan Hospital delivered on February 5 - Economic Watch Network]. www.eeo.com.cn. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[4] 蔡甸临时医院现场：24小时不间断施工 10日内建成武汉“小汤山” [Caidian temporary hospital site: 24-hour uninterrupted construction Wuhan "Xiaotangshan" will be completed within 10 days]. 24 January 2020.

[5] Changjiang Daily (26 January 2020). 雷神山医院2月5日投用，火神山医院2月2日整体移交军方 [Thunder Mountain Hospital was commissioned on February 5 and Vulcan Mountain Hospital was handed over to the military as a whole on February 2.]. The Paper. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[6] "The Chinese Government Makes Unprecedented Efforts to Fight Against the Novel Coronavirus". finance.yahoo.com. 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[Lu-7] Cite error: The named reference Lu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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