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

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Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor
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1/15
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.
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2/15
At the makeshift ICU at the Bahrain Defence Force Hospital in Riffa, south of the capital Manama, each bed is equipped with a ventilator.
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3/15
Authorities said they plan to raise capacity to 500 beds once other field units are set up across the country.
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4/15
The hospital has been set up as a precautionary measure in case of a spike in coronavirus cases.
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5/15
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.
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6/15
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.
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7/15
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
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8/15
Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa
AFP
9/15
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
REUTERS
10/15
Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa
AFP
11/15
Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa
AFP
12/15
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
REUTERS
13/15
Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa
AFP
14/15
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
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15/15
Medical staff are seen in the newly-inaugurated intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients at the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital in Riffa
AFP

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