- Title: 130 AT COVID-19 Patients new hall
- Date: 17th March 2020
- Description:A new hall transformed to welcome COVID-19 patients is now ready In Vienna, a new hall for COVID-19 patients has opened. The „Messe Wien“ was rebuild – this is a huge hall that was transformed from a campus for exhibition and international fairs to a large hospital. At the moment 880 beds are available. This hall is intended for patients who have mild symptoms of COVID-19 but cannot be taken care of at home. 3000 beds will eventually be installed. Then there will be a need for 1.000 staff, such as doctors, nurses, food delivery, cleaning staff. Shotlist Shot in hall “Messe Wien” (Vienna fair campus) VS beds and rooms Medical equipment, Official walking VS rooms Medical staff, police More of rooms Floor Plan VS emergency services SOUNDBITE (German) Berndt Schreiner, medical head of the hall: "We can end up with over 3,000 beds. Then we would need almost 1,000 people as staff. Because we not only have to take care of patients but also of the staff, the helpers. There is a logistics in the background: we need food, drink, cleaning staff." Bathrooms with showers Aerial of Hall with rooms and beds Recreation room Floor Plan
- Collection: ORF
- Genre:News
- Producer:ORF
- Transmission Date:17/03/2020
- Decade: 2020s