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Fangcang Hospital
Fangcang hospital () refers to a kind of makeshift/mobile field hospitals used during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. History and usage Such hospitals were intended for large-scale medical isolation and instituted either by establishing rapidly constructed modular/portable buildings, or through the acquisition of indoor space within existing venues and even temporarily renovated gyms and dorms in colleges and universities with enclosed cubicles to assist social distancing. Chinese literature has mentioned the concept of "medical Fangcang" as early as 1989. China has constructed fangcang hospitals during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and 2010 Yushu earthquake. COVID-19 pandemic In Wuhan, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020, general medical institutions and the newly expanded pneumonia specialist hospital were overwhelmed by the sudden surge in hospital bed demands by suspected COVID-19 cases. Many patients with existing conditions were also turned away, leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness. A district hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with many beds for intensive care and additional beds for patients who need long-term care. Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, children's hospitals, seniors' (geriatric) hospitals, and hospitals for dealing with specific medical needs such as psychiatric treatment (see psychiatric hospital) and certain disease categories. Specialized hospitals can help reduce health care costs compared to general hospitals. Hospitals are classified as general, specialty, or government depending on the sources of income received. A teachi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nosocomial
A hospital-acquired infection, also known as a nosocomial infection (from the Greek , meaning "hospital"), is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility. To emphasize both hospital and nonhospital settings, it is sometimes instead called a healthcare–associated infection. Such an infection can be acquired in hospital, nursing home, rehabilitation facility, outpatient clinic, diagnostic laboratory or other clinical settings. Infection is spread to the susceptible patient in the clinical setting by various means. Health care staff also spread infection, in addition to contaminated equipment, bed linens, or air droplets. The infection can originate from the outside environment, another infected patient, staff that may be infected, or in some cases, the source of the infection cannot be determined. In some cases the microorganism originates from the patient's own skin microbiota, becoming opportunistic after surgery or other procedures that compromi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hongqiao Industrial Park
Hongqiao may refer to the following locations in China: Literal meaning * Covered bridge (廊桥 or 虹桥 in Chinese), a kind of bridge which looks like a rainbow Transport * Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (上海虹桥国际机场), secondary airport of Shanghai, named after Hongqiao, Minhang District, Shanghai * Shanghai Hongqiao railway station (上海虹桥站), one of major railway stations in Shanghai, named after Hongqiao Airport. * Hongqiao Road station (虹桥路站), interchange station on the Shanghai Metro Companies * Hongqiao Market, a shopping center in Beijing * China Hongqiao Group, a Chinese aluminum manufacturer. Districts * Hongqiao District (红桥区), Tianjin Subdistricts * Hongqiao Subdistrict, Aksu (红桥街道), Xinjiang ;Written as "洪桥街道": * Hongqiao Subdistrict, Guangzhou (洪桥街道), in Yuexiu District * Hongqiao Subdistrict, Qidong (洪桥街道), in Qidong County ;Written as "虹桥街道": * Hongqiao Subdistrict, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
