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BBC News keeps telling us "a new hospital has been built in 9 days". That's false. The reality is an existing conference centre, built in 2000, has been lent to the NHS by the Abu Dhabi government and converted into a field hospital in 9 days. #NHSNightingale
Its either crap journalism or propaganda.
It's a *conversion* of a 20-year-old conference centre which has been lent to us by Abu Dhabi. I don't think anything new has been constructed.
It's a *conversion* of a 20-year-old conference centre which has been lent to us by Abu Dhabi. I don't think anything new has been constructed.
It's disturbing when you can find a more accurate account of the conversion of the @ExCeLLondon conference centre into a temporary hospital in Gulf News than on the BBC https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/uae-turns-excel-london-into-emergency-field-hospital-for-coronavirus-patients-in-london-1.1585594947062
I'm not trying to denigrate NHS/UK-gov for the rapid conversion of ExCeL into a temporary hospital. I'm just pointing out it's inaccurate of the BBC to claim they "built" it. The building was constructed by McAlpine in 2000. Sorry if this sounds petty - but I think facts matter.
