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The Fangcang shelter hospitals in China were large-scale, temporary hospitals, rapidly built by converting existing public venues, such as stadiums and exhibition centres, into health-care facilities.
Converting large-scale public venues into Fangcang shelter hospitals is an effective and efficient way to improve local medical capabilities during disasters; however, problems and risks that warrant reflection and improvement also existed.
Fangcang hospital (Chinese : 方舱医院; pinyin : fāngcāng yīyuàn; lit. 'square-cabin hospital') [ 1 ] refers to a kind of makeshift/ mobile field hospitals used during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
It has been proven that converting large-scale public venues such as stadiums and exhibition centres into Fangcang shelter hospitals, which serve as hospitals for isolation, treatment and disease monitoring of patients with mild symptoms, is the most effective way to control virus transmission and reduce mortality.
Wang Chen, a top respiratory specialist in China who also works on the front lines, said in an interview last month that fangcang — while perhaps not perfect — are at least a realistic solution. “The shelter hospitals can admit a large number of patients and get them treated and quarantined, which is key,” Wang said.
The concept of "Fangcang" was borrowed from military field hospitals, [ 14 ] which was initially introduced by the United States military, who has been making makeshift structures since the 1950s. [ 15 ] Outside of the context of the outbreak, makeshift or Fangcang structures can refer to many kinds of modular structures.
In the context of ACFs, Gu conducted an online survey of patients at the Jianghan Fangcang Shelter Hospital in Wuhan, China, from February 15 to 22, 2020, and …
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Wuhan has adopted three methods of admitting patients for treatment: designated hospitals, newly built temporary hospitals and Fangcang shelter hospitals. It has been proven that converting large-scale …
Background: The Fangcang shelter hospital has gradually become the primary management mode in China''s fight against this Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in …
Fangcang hospital (Chinese: ; pinyin: fāngcāng yīyuàn; lit. ''square-cabin hospital'') [1] refers to a kind of makeshift/mobile field hospitals used during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
It has been proven that converting large-scale public venues such as stadiums and exhibition centres into Fangcang shelter hospitals, which serve as hospitals for isolation, treatment and disease monitoring of patients with mild symptoms, …
But the bed waiting for Chen wasn''t at a typical hospital. Instead, she was admitted to a sports arena — one of 16 temporary "shelter hospitals," or fangcang, set up in Wuhan since early February to help alleviate the shortage …
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fangcang shelter hospitals have been built and operated in several cities, and have played a huge role in epidemic prevention …
Fangcang shelter hospitals are a novel public health concept. They were implemented for the first time in China in February, 2020, to tackle the coronavirus disease …
Fangcang shelter hospitals were temporary healthcare facilities intended for large-scale centralised isolation, treatment and disease monitoring of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases. These hospitals ...
The study aims to 1) compare the construction and operation efficiency of Fangcang shelter hospitals; 2) analyze the space layout and facility allocation of Fangcang …
Fangcang hospitals have helped alleviate Wuhan''s hospital bed shortage, but another shortage still looms large: The sudden expansion of Wuhan''s medical system and …
Fangcang shelter hospitals are a novel public health concept. They were implemented for the first time in China in February, 2020, to tackle the coronavirus disease …
Wuchang Fangcang Shelter Hospital was developed from the Hongshan Gymnasium and was one of the first three hospitals accepting patients and was the last one to …
Fangcang shelter hospital, which is converted from large-scale public venue, is proposed and proven to be an effective way for administering medical care and social isolation. …
Later on, these locations also started to be referred to as ''Fangcang Isolation Points'' () or ''Isolation Fangcang'' (). One story that attracted major attention …
The five essential functions of Fangcang Shelter Hospitals (isolation, triage, provision of basic medical care, frequent monitoring and rapid referral, and essential living and social engagement) enable shelter hospitals to receive …
The application of "Fangcang Shelter Hospitals" (FSH) tackled the public healthcare shortages by providing massive medical modular units in a short period, with all …
"Fangcang" hospital is a new "cabin of life" for the centralized treatment of mild patients with COVID-19. Due to the limited capacity of specialized hospitals during the …
In contrast, small-scale Fangcang shelter hospitals typically allocate beds in the rooms without utilizing supplementary partitions. The design information of Fangcang shelter …
The interior of the reconstructed Fangcang shelter hospital is planned as a pollution area as a whole, so it is only necessary to consider the overall negative pressure formed in the Fangcang ...
The main contribution of this paper is that it provides qualitative insights on how to implement an intelligent Fangcang shelter hospital system, including the development process …
Living in the fangcang was a very strange experience: It often felt like we were in a huge dormitory for 600 people. First, there was the issue of eating. In the beginning, there …
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Background. At the end of 2019, the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was discovered in Wuhan, China, and quickly evolved into a serious epidemic outbreak (Lu et al., Reference Lu, …
Fangcang should be seen as supplementary facilities to hospitals, and should be integrated with nearby medical resources, as has largely been the case, according to Liu. Given the lessons of the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, officials …
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In confronting the sudden epidemic of COVID-19, China and other countries have been under great deal of pressure to block virus transmission and reduce death cases. Fangcang shelter hospital, which is converted from large-scale public …
To quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of Fangcang shelter hospitals, designated hospitals, and the time interval from illness onset to diagnosis toward the …