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Mar 2020
BREAKING: Army takes over Harrogate Convention Centre to create 'field hospital'
The Ministry of Defence is in the process of converting Harrogate Convention Centre into a 'Nightingale' hospital to fight the coronavirus crisis.
A source told The Stray Ferret that one hall is being turned into a 'field hospital' to help the NHS deal with the expected high pressure created by the growing number of cases.
Although full details have yet to be confirmed, an announcement is expected imminently by the government as part of its continuing escalation of measures against the coronavirus outbreak. Three temporary 'Nightingale' hospitals have already been announced - in London, Manchester and Birmingham - with more understood to be in the planning stages.
It is understood that the hospital at the convention centre could be up and running within a week.
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