Wuhan doctor recounts fears and hope at Covid-19 frontline


Ma Yonggang (in a protective suit) looking at a CT image at Wuchang makeshift hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. - Ma Yonggang/AFP

BEIJING (AFP): One month after makeshift hospitals opened to chaos and confusion at the epicentre of China's coronavirus epidemic, frontline doctor Ma Yonggang is finally seeing more empty beds as fewer patients arrive.

When 43-year-old Ma was first summoned to a sports stadium converted into a medical facility on Feb 4, it was a virtual construction site with electrical wiring and beds still being installed.

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