Central Hospital of Wuhan explained
The Central Hospital of Wuhan is a tertiary hospital located in Jiang'an District in Wuhan, Hubei, China.[1] It was established in 1880 as a clinic under Hankou's Catholic church. In 1893, it was later expanded and renamed as Catholic Hospital.[2]
On 15 December 2019, what would be the first documented COVID-19 patients were admitted here.[3]
Notable staff
The hospital was where staff director of the emergency department, Ai Fen, and ophthalmologist Li Wenliang became aware of a viral outbreak that was later linked to the COVID-19 pandemic in China and beyond. Li later contracted the virus from a patient and died at the hospital on February 7, 2020.[4] [5]
Notes and References
- Web site: 医院简介-武汉市中心医院. Hospital Introduction-Wuhan Central Hospital. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140402095315/http://www.zxhospital.com/index.php/index/show/tid/2.html. 2 April 2014. 2020-02-07. zxhospital.com.
- Book: Commerce. United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic. Commercial Handbook of China .... Arnold. Julean Herbert. 1919. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.
- News: Gao. Yu. Peng. Yanfeng. Yang. Rui. Feng. Yuding. Ma. Danmeng. 3. 26 February 2020. zh:独家新冠病毒基因测序溯源：警报是何时拉响的. zh-Hans. ExclusiveTracing the novel coronavirus gene sequencing: when the alarm sounded. Caixin. http://china.caixin.com/2020-02-26/101520972.html. dead. 1 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200227094018/http://china.caixin.com/2020-02-26/101520972.html. 27 February 2020. .
- News: The Chinese doctor who tried to warn others about coronavirus - BBC News. 2020-02-07. BBC News. 2020-02-06. Hegarty. Stephanie.
- News: Staff Writer . 2020-02-07 . Coronavirus: Chinese doctor who tried to warn of outbreak dies from virus . . 2020-02-27 .
