Central Hospital of Wuhan
Geography
LocationJiang'an District, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Coordinates30°35′03″N 114°17′22″E / 30.5842°N 114.28934°E / 30.5842; 114.28934
History
Former name(s)Catholic Hospital
Construction started1880
Opened1880
Links
Websitewww.zxhospital.com
ListsHospitals in China
Central Hospital of Wuhan
Simplified Chinese武汉市中心医院
Traditional Chinese武漢市中心醫院
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese武汉市第二医院
Traditional Chinese武漢市第二醫院

The Central Hospital of Wuhan (Chinese: 武汉市中心医院) is a tertiary hospital located in Jiang'an District in Wuhan, Hubei, China.[1] It was established in 1880 as a clinic under Hankou's Catholic church. In 1893, it was later expanded and renamed as Catholic Hospital.[2]

On 15 December 2019, what would be the first documented COVID-19 patients were admitted here.[3]

Notable staff

The hospital was where staff director of the emergency department, Ai Fen, and ophthalmologist Li Wenliang became aware of a viral outbreak that was later linked to the COVID-19 pandemic in China and beyond. Li later contracted the virus from a patient and died at the hospital on February 7, 2020.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "医院简介-武汉市中心医院" [Hospital Introduction-Wuhan Central Hospital]. zxhospital.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  2. ↑ Commerce, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic; Arnold, Julean Herbert (1919). Commercial Handbook of China ... U.S. Government Printing Office.
  3. ↑ Gao, Yu; Peng, Yanfeng; Yang, Rui; et al. (26 February 2020). 独家|新冠病毒基因测序溯源：警报是何时拉响的 [Exclusive|Tracing the novel coronavirus gene sequencing: when the alarm sounded]. Caixin (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Hegarty, Stephanie (2020-02-06). "The Chinese doctor who tried to warn others about coronavirus - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  5. ↑ Staff Writer (2020-02-07). "Coronavirus: Chinese doctor who tried to warn of outbreak dies from virus". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-02-27.


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