Bahrain opens second field hospital for COVID-19 patients in Sitra island

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Bahrain opens second field hospital for COVID-19 patients in Sitra island

Look inside Bahrain's Sitra field Intensive Care Unit hospital for coronavirus patients

Published: May 05, 2020 10:01 AFP and Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor

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Copy of 2020-05-04T125327Z_1377149748_RC2OHG98LRFF_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BAHRAIN-1588658141152 — After turning a car park into an intensive care unit for coronavirus patients, Bahrain has set up its second field hospital - on a man-made island. | Fully equipped beds are seen at a makeshift ICU 'Field Intensive Care Unit 2 (Sitra).' Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 2020-05-04T125330Z_1768215392_RC2OHG9ZAZFP_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BAHRAIN-1588658148011 — The facilities are among five that the authorities plan to build to add 500 critical care beds to its health sector in case of a spike in novel coronavirus. | General view of a fully equipped makeshift ICU. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 906416-01-08-1588658150574 — The new 154-bed field hospital, staffed by 55 doctors and 250 nurses, took 14 days to build and adjoins a quarantine camp. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 906289-01-08-1588658133719 — Its large white tents house rows of hospital beds as well as a laboratory, pharmacy and X-ray machines. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-05-04T125327Z_1982306414_RC2OHG9A7VF9_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BAHRAIN-1588658144563 — Located off the Gulf state's east coast, it is the first crisis facility set up far from a hospital. "This is done as a precautionary measure for COVID-19 patients in case they need to have ventilation and then ICU healthcare," Dr Nayef Louri told reporters at the facility. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 906672-01-08-1588658153106 — A member of the Bahraini security forces checks patient monitoring equipment at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit hospital. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 906634-01-08-1588658158250 — Last month, Bahrain opened its first field hospital, converting a car park outside the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital near Manama into an intensive care unit with 130 beds. The Gulf country, whose population stands at 1.5 million, has recorded more than 3,300 cases of coronavirus, with eight deaths. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 906686-01-08-1588658155779 — Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al-Khalifa, commander of Bahrain Royal Medical Services, said most of the cases currently were among the community of foreign workers. Being in a low-risk group, few had required intensive care, he said. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2020-05-04T125329Z_1014577411_RC2OHG9ILHUQ_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BAHRAIN-1588658128241 — A Bahrain Defence Force medical personnel wearing a protective face mask works at a makeshift ICU "Field Intensive Care Unit 2. Image Credit: Reuters

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Copy of 906329-01-08-1588658138175 — Bahraini health workers are pictured at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 906355-01-08-1588658131098 — However, the other field hospitals on the drawing board would be rolled out if the current extra facilities reached 50 percent occupancy. "It is better to be safe than sorry," he told reporters. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 906323-01-08-1588658136294 — Bahraini health workers are pictured at the Sitra field Intensive Care Unit (ICU) hospital for COVID-19 patients. Image Credit: AFP

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