The Fiji Emergency Medical Assistance Team Field Hospital will be ready to treat COVID patients by the end of this weekend.
Head of FEMAT Doctor Luke Nasedra says the facility will share the load with other facilities in the Central and Eastern Divisions where Fijians can be catered for during their recovery.
He says rows of hospital beds will be used to cater for moderate to severe cases.
Doctor Nasedra adds the National Gymnasium has a capacity of 49 beds with the space for expansion while the FEMAT Hospital will cater for 80 to 90 beds.
Source: Fijian Government
He says the facility which has been operational since the 5th of June has received a good share of COVID cases.
Nasedra adds 60% of COVID-19 cases that they have received into this facility have gone home and another 20% have been referred to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital.
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they have discharged a lot of people from the FEMAT Field Hospital even at CWM Hospital.
He says the key to the discharge of patients with severe disease is for them to engage with them early on.
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