Huoshenshan Hospital starts admitting patients

Medical staff test facilities and make the bed at Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital to make final preparations to admit patients infected with the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 3, 2020. (Xinhua)

Huoshenshan Hospital, a SARS treatment-model makeshift hospital in Wuhan, has started admitting patients on Tuesday morning.

The hospital, which was only completed on Sunday morning, was built for treating pneumonia patients infected with the novel coronavirus.