Major hospital complex totally dedicated  to virus fight

 
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 Faced with a surging number of COVID-19  cases requiring hospitalization Health authorities are working on a strategy to convert a major hospital complex with nearly 900 beds into a center exclusively for patients with the virus.

The revelation came from Enrique Lau Cortés director of the Social Security Fund (CSS), on Sunday morning during a tour of the Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex (CHAAM. The hospital center, commonly known as "La  Especializada",  which has already converted several specialty wards into coronavirus centers, would have the exclusive task of caring for COVID-19 patients, Others will be attended in hospitals in the metro region.