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Mar 2020
Army starts building coronavirus hospital at Harrogate Convention Centre
The army has started work to convert part of the Harrogate Convention Centre into a 'Nightingale' hospital.
NHS and army staff are both on-site today as the basic building blocks were being delivered to create what the NHS refer to as a "surge" hospital move into place.
When it is up and running, which could be possible over the next week, it will help the NHS deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Although the NHS has not yet revealed full details about the project, an announcement is expected imminently.
Three temporary ‘Nightingale’ hospitals have already been announced – in London, Manchester and Birmingham – with more understood to be in the planning stages.
So far, three patients with coronavirus have died at Harrogate District Hospital, while the number of confirmed cases in North Yorkshire is now at 108.
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