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Milton Keynes

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Weather14°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 83% Humidity
Population229,941 (2011 Urban Area)
University The Open University
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Postcod districtMK1–15, MK17, MK19
Local timeWednesday 15:47
Area89 km2
Ceremoni counti Buckinghamshire
Diall code01908
Found23 January 1967
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About Milton Keynes


Milton Keynes is a city and the largest settlement in Buckinghamshire, England, about 50 miles north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was 264,349.

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Coronavirus: How the NHS Nightingale was in only nine days

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the United Kingdom for The latest and greatest, The Hospital facility took in its first coronavirus patient in need of intensive care.

East London , ExCeL exhibition centre, which has been transformed in the rule, the host of the lifestyle shows, fairs, exhibitions and conferences, in the temporary NHS-Nightingale-hospital, with space for 4,000 beds.

In Nine Days , the 87,328 square metres of double-exhibition, the premises were equipped with the framework for over 80 municipalities, each with 42 beds. Around 500 fully-equipped with beds, oxygen and respiratory equipment, are already in place and there is room for a further 3,500.

If you have reached your capacity limit, it would be one of the largest hospitals in The World .

Each community is named after a British doctor, nurse or other medical professional. to open

The First two stations, is the name of Lady Harriett Acland and Ethel Bedford-Fenwick after two nurses, whose work in the 18th and 19th century paved The Way for modern nursing.

How was it built?

opened The facility, which was officially inaugurated on 3. April, was the work of the contractors, with The Help of up to 200 soldiers A Day from The Royal Anglian Regiment and The Royal Gurkha Rifles, long layers in addition to the NHS staff and order.

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architects and engineers BDP, the company, which helped convert the center, were part of the planning team given The Task of the life-saving device.

BDP Principal James Hepburn said, the extent and time frame for the construction were in contrast to previous healthcare projects and architects with designs that requires almost such as buildings, in order to make on The Way .

bays in the frame for The individual's bed, were made of material, usually used for exhibition stands - Because it is lightweight and constructed could be, quickly.

Mr Hepburn said the three main challenges were:

ExCeL's existing electrical infrastructure has been modified to ensure that power demand can handle, and not Cut Out . Temporary generators and oxygen tanks, for the delivery of the beds have also been installed.

Mr Hepburn said his team has prepared, jointly with other countries on similar projects - and the people in Australia and Canada have already made contact with them.

Where should come from the staff?

The ExCeL centre, the suitability for The Hospital 's location goes beyond the functional characteristics of The Building .

It is with public transportation easy to reach. The nearby London City Airport can be brought in the supplies and equipment, and there is also a hotel and University accommodation in the vicinity - should it be necessary.

It is managed by a team of eight senior staff, drawn from local hospitals and trusts. At capacity, The Hospital will need 16,000 employees to run it. The will also thousands of doctors, nurses and volunteers.

"The numbers are scary," chief operating officer Natalie Forrest. "A parish, also all of our assistance forces, we are in need of 200 employees. "

The nursing staff is drawn from other hospitals, as well as the volunteers from St John Ambulance. Airline staff of Easyjet and Virgin Atlantic have also been addressed.

the flight attendants have the security of a free space, and Many of them are also first aid training. The NHS says she would beds changing, help doctors and nurses on the wards and the implementation of other non-clinical tasks.

It is not an ordinary walk-in The Hospital - Only patients already admitted to the fans that transferred from other intensive care units in London. You have to stay in hospital until the course is ventilation ready.

Support services such as pharmacy and therapy treatment are also available.

a morgue is also in the NHS Nightingale design. Additional mortuary space is to be found elsewhere in The City , including Wanstead Flats in Manor Park , Newham, said local residents.

Other temporary morgues are also around the UK, also on an ice rink in Milton Keynes , a crematorium in Ruislip and on to Birmingham Airport , where The Hangar facility will initially expand storage space for up to 1,500 jobs ", but more".

Where are The Other NHS nightingales?

the work is already expanding in the swing, the NHS-the Nightingale-style hospitals across London to alleviate the pressure on the regional NHS services.

conference centres in Birmingham, Manchester and Harrogate became transformed NHS-Nightingale-hospitals in The Past weeks, The Midlands and the North of England .

Prince William opened the new NHS Nightingale at the NEC in Birmingham

the work is also in progress, in Glasgow and at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol to create a temporary emergency hospital sites.

Scotland-emergency-establishment at the SEC in Glasgow, under the name of NHS Louisa Jordan, a nurse, who died of typhoid fever while he was in Serbia during an outbreak in 1915 .

hundreds of bed-bays, built in the SEC Manchester Central convention centre was converted into the NHS-Nightingale-hospital in North-West

Belfast City Hospital Tower Block was transformed into in Northern Ireland , The First Nightingale hospital is a 230-bed unit staffed by a team drawn from the whole of Northern Ireland .

An extra 6,000 beds in Wales - sports and leisure facilities - take the pressure off of hospitals during the Corona-Virus-pandemic.

Among them is the Principality of Stadium in Cardiff is the National Stadium of Wales , with a capacity for up to 2,000 beds if necessary.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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