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Photos: Bahrain converts car park into COVID-19 hospital

At the makeshift ICU of the hospital in Riffa, each bed is equipped with a ventilator

Published: April 15, 2020 14:15 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Bahrain has converted the multi-storey car park of a military hospital into a 130-bed intensive care unit for patients with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, and plans to set up four more field ICUs. Image Credit: REUTERS

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At the makeshift ICU at the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital in Riffa, south of the capital Manama, each bed is equipped with a ventilator. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Authorities said they plan to raise capacity to 500 beds once other field units are set up across the country. Image Credit: REUTERS

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The hospital has been set up as a precautionary measure in case of a spike in coronavirus cases. Image Credit: AFP

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The ICU was set up by the defence ministry in cooperation with other government bodies, on the third floor of a military hospital which had served as a parking lot. Image Credit: REUTERS

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So far, a total of 751 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported in Bahrain, out of which four patients are in a critical condition. To date, 591 patients have been discharged and 6 deaths have been confirmed. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Bahraini Royal Medical Services Commander, Major General Sheikh Khaled Bin Ali Al Khalifa, visits the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa Image Credit: AFP

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Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa Image Credit: AFP

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A doctor is seen working inside the Step Down Unit of a makeshift ICU "Field Intensive Care Unit 1" set up by Bahrian authorities to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) critical patients, at a car-park of Bahrain Defence Force Hospital in Riffa, Bahrain Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa Image Credit: AFP

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Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa Image Credit: AFP

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Doctors and nurses are seen walking out of a makeshift ICU "Field Intensive Care Unit 1" set up by Bahrian authorities to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) critical patients, at a car-park of Bahrain Defence Force Hospital in Riffa, Bahrain Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa Image Credit: AFP

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Doctors and nurses are seen doing their final check on the equipment in a makeshift ICU "Field Intensive Care Unit 1" set up by Bahrian authorities to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) critical patients, at a car-park of Bahrain Defence Force Hospital in Riffa, Bahrain Image Credit: REUTERS

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Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa Image Credit: AFP

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