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Although the converted hospitals
have been receiving only patients with
mild infections, it doesn’t mean they have
weaker medical treatment capabilities or
equipment compared with the large and
permanent hospitals. Now these temporary
hospitals are catching public attention for
their use of hi-tech.
The Jiangxia Hospital in the district with
the same name used to be the Dahuashan
Sports Center. In its new capacity, the
hospital provides primarily traditional
Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment. It has
a smart and fully automatic TCM pharmacy
developed by the Sichuan Neo-Green
Pharmaceutical Technology Development
Co. The pharmacy is fully computerized
and once a prescription is keyed into a
computer, medicine can be dispensed at
the touch of a button.
Xia Likun, an engineer from the com-
pany, said the pharmacy can produce six
boxes of medicine according to prescriptions
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The company has provided two such
smart dispensaries for Wuhan. Besides the
one at the Jiangxia Hospital, the other serves
the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital and the Wuhan
Red Cross Hospital. Q
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