CGTN exclusive: Beijing's Xiaotangshan Hospital under reconstruction

Beijing's Xiaotangshan Hospital, which was built in 2003 to treat SARS patients, is being rebuilt 17 years after the epidemic. Hundreds of construction workers are working around the clock on the first day of the renovation.

In April 2003, Beijing built the Xiaotangshan Hospital in seven days to get the SARS epidemic under control. The hospital had 1,000 beds and treated about one-seventh of China's SARS patients within two months of its completion.

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