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Devoted H1N1 Hospital on Outskirts of Beijing
Nation, page 11
Since June this year, confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza have continued to increase in Beijing, while the capacity of the two hospitals designated for treating contagious diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital and Beijing Youan Hospital, is being pushed to the limit.
Against this backdrop, the Beijing municipal government has decided to resurrect a former hospital as its back-up for receiving and treating swine flu patients. The back-up hospital is located on the outskirts of Beijing, 50 km from the city center and 20 km from Beijing's Capital Airport. Such a case is reminiscent of the Xiaotangshan Hospital, which was built six years ago especially to treat SARS patients.
Original article: [Chinese]