# That 10 day Chinese hospital build - how did they do it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 4, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-10-day-chinese-hospital-build-how-did-they-do-it/847496 "2020-02-04T21:16:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RedSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@RedSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSky)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-10-day-chinese-hospital-build-how-did-they-do-it/847496/21 "2020-02-07T04:41:37Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > There’s likely to be very little in the way of point loading on any of those slabs so stability is unlikely to be a problem in the short term and I’d be surprised if long-term was a consideration. > You really just have to make the interior water and airtight and able to be properly heated, ventilated, cleaned and serviced and it is incredible what can be done with modular construction these days and even more so when you have thousands of people and unlimited cash to throw at it. The second hospital is built of structural insulated panels. There is a youtube video, its built Lego style on stilts, a couple of inch of foam between 0.5mm painted aluminium foil. This gives a very light but rigid structure easily constructed with woodworking saws and silicone to glue it all together. I’m not sure heating and cooling are a priory but I guess being winter time it will do the job till they figure out who’s going to make it out alive. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-10-day-chinese-hospital-build-how-did-they-do-it/847496/22 "2020-02-07T19:09:26Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > They built an entire [railway station](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtEQCOlGqr0) in just 10 hours. I imagine a hospital in 10 days was a cakewalk. Saw a lot of track-laying and moving, didn’t actually see a station, which at minimum consists of platforms. :dubious:\* Maybe they really did build a station by 3am, presumably with prefab platforms, etc., like the pre-fab track sections in the video, but the video didn’t show it. \*at who made or titled the video, not **pullin**. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-10-day-chinese-hospital-build-how-did-they-do-it/847496/23 "2020-02-11T18:37:04Z")
A new YouTube video about the construction of the hospital: [How China Built a Hospital in 10 Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sh7hghljuQ). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-10-day-chinese-hospital-build-how-did-they-do-it/847496/24 "2020-03-07T19:31:04Z")
Update: the quarantine hospital is still standing. [This quarantine hotel](https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/china-coronavirus-quarantine-hotel-collapses-trapping-dozens)? Not so much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-10-day-chinese-hospital-build-how-did-they-do-it/847496.md?page=1)