
Patients being transferred out of London for treatment
The Regional Medical Director for the London at NHS England Dr Vin Diwakar said patients are being transferred outside the capital..
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The NHS Nightingale Hospital London is the first of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals: temporary hospitals set up by NHS England for the COVID-19 pandemic. It is housed in the ExCeL London convention centre in East London, and has an initial capacity for 500 patients, with potential for 4,000. The hospital was rapidly planned and constructed, being formally opened on 3 April and receiving its first patients on 7 April 2020.
The Regional Medical Director for the London at NHS England Dr Vin Diwakar said patients are being transferred outside the capital..