Prince William opened the Birmingham facility of the UK's new Nightingale hospitals on Thursday, lauding the rapid deployment and construction in a building that would normally serve as a convention hall.
Prince William opened the Birmingham facility of the UK's new Nightingale hospitals on Thursday, lauding the rapid deployment and construction in a building that would normally serve as a convention hall.
The Duke of Cambridge made his address via a video call, keeping with social distancing efforts.
The hospital is the second of seven being constructed around England in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
It has a 500-bed capacity, which can be increased to 1,500.
The NHS Nightingale Hospital occupies Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.
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