Sneak peek: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre transforms into field hospital

  DUBAI – The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) has been transformed into a new 1,000-bed field hospital to prepare for an influx of Covid-19 patients. Wards were set up on Wednesday in the new facility that officials hope can help treat coronavirus patients flatten the UAE’s rising Covid-19 cases. The 31,000-metre facility has individual cubicles and will be staffed by 150 medics. It was built on orders of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces It is the second field hospital in Abu Dhabi, after the one in Mohammed Bin Zayed City, which will be completed in the first week of May. The new field hospitals serve patients who suffer from mild symptoms of Covid-19 so that main hospitals in the capital can admit more critical cases, said Dr Anwar Sallam, chief medical officer at Seha. ICA/Expat Media Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC. Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC. Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC. Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC. Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC. Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC. Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC. Inside the newly repurposed ADNEC.
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