| Central Hospital of Wuhan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Jiang'an District,Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°35′03″N114°17′22″E / 30.5842°N 114.28934°E /30.5842; 114.28934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former name | Catholic Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction started | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lists | Hospitals in China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TheCentral Hospital of Wuhan (Chinese:武汉市中心医院) is atertiary hospital located inJiang'an District inWuhan,Hubei,China.[1] It was established in 1880 as a clinic underHankou'sCatholic church. In 1893, it was later expanded and renamed as Catholic Hospital.[2]
On 15 December 2019, what would be thefirst documented COVID-19 patients were admitted here.[3]
The hospital was where staff director of the emergency department,Ai Fen, and ophthalmologistLi Wenliang became aware of a viral outbreak that was later linked to theCOVID-19 pandemic in China and beyond. Li later contracted the virus from a patient and died at the hospital on February 7, 2020.[4][5]
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