Field hospital construction

Snapshots • Current affairs • 21.03.2020

Health minister Paulette Lenert, prime minister Xavier Bettel and minister for the armed forces a François Bausch are briefed by hospital staff

Photo: EMA

Work has started on building a provisional clinic facility to treat covid-19 patients in the grounds of the Centre Hospitalier in Rollingergrund/Belair-Nord.

Health minister Paulette Lenert, prime minister Xavier Bettel and minister for the armed forces François Bausch are briefed by hospital staff, 20 March 2020

Work underway in the grounds of the Centre Hospitalier, 20 March 2020

Minister for the armed forces François Bausch and prime minister Xavier Bettel get an update on progress at the site, 20 March 2020

The field hospital is being built with the assistance of the Nato Support and Procurement Agency

The government said on 20 March the facility “will be operational in the coming days.”

Minister for the armed forces François Bausch visited the site

Minister for the armed forces François Bausch visited the site, 20 March 2020

Photo: EMA

The facility was being built with the assistance of the Nato Support and Procurement Agency in Capellen and material was being delivered via Cargolux freight flights. The government says the facility “will be operational in the coming days.”

Health minister Paulette Lenert, prime minister Xavier Bettel and minister for the armed forces a François Bausch visited the site on Friday evening.