U.S., Feb. 3 -- A thousand-bed hospital in the coronavirus-stricken Chinese city of Wuhan began treating patients yesterday after construction was completed, just 10 days after it began on January 23.

Three companies were ordered to build Huoshenshan Hospital. Thousands of workers operated more than 800 units of machinery, and worked in shifts around the clock. CGTN's timelapse video shows the incredible achievement.

Approximately 1,400 medical staff from China's armed forces have been drafted in to treat patients from today at the first hospital, called Huoshenshan, Chinese for 'Fire God Mountain'.

A second makeshift hospital, Leishenshan, similar in size and speed of construction, is expected to open later this week.

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