A section of the Jaber Al-Ahmad Stadium in Kuwait has been transformed into a huge medical facility designed to cater for the increasing number of coronavirus cases.
Event Location
Kuwait , Kuwait
Start Time
29 April 2020, 12:00 AM
End Time
09 May 2020, 12:00 AM
In its move to combat coronavirus (COVID-19), Kuwait has converted a section of the Jaber Al-Ahmad Sports Stadium into a quarantine facility.
Kuwait’s Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Dr. Rana Al-Fares, said that they converted a section of the Jabel Al-Ahmad Sports Stadium comprising 1,250 beds as quarantine for COVID-19 patients. The facility will be delivered to the country’s Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the undersecretary of the ministry, Ismail Al-Failakawi said that the quarantine facility was built in three weeks. The complex includes a field medical centre, dormitories for medics and nurses, 5,000-beds, intensive care units, and pharmacies.
Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah, who attended the handover event, praised Kuwait Red Crescent Society for its contribution to building the facility and lauded “frontline” volunteers who are leading the fight against the deadly virus.
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