The
Wuchang Uprising was an armed rebellion against the ruling Qing dynasty that
took place in Wuchang, Hubei, China on 10 Oct 1911, which was the beginning of
the Xinhai Revolution that successfully overthrew China's last imperial
dynasty. The uprising and the eventual revolution directly led to the downfall
of the Qing dynasty with five millennia of imperial rule, and the establishment
of the Republic of China (ROC), which commemorates the anniversary of the
uprising's starting date of 10 October as the National Day of the Republic of
China. On that day, the New Army
stationed in Wuchang launched an assault on the residence of the Viceroy of
Huguang. The viceroy Ruicheng quickly fled from the residence, and the
revolutionaries soon took control of the entire city.
The city - Wuhan is the
capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city
in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China. The name
"Wuhan" came from the city's historical origin from the
conglomeration of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, which are collectively known as
the "Three Towns of Wuhan". It
lies in the eastern Jianghan Plain, on the confluence of the Yangtze River and
its largest tributary, the Han River, and is known as "China's
Thoroughfare". This place has garnered global attention albeit for wrong
reasons.
Wuhan today is considered
the political, economic, financial, commercial, cultural and educational center
of Central China. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways,
roads and expressways passing through the city and connecting to other major
cities. The "Golden Waterway" of the Yangtze River and its largest
tributary, the Han River, traverse the urban area and divides Wuhan into the
three districts of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang. The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge
crosses the Yangtze in the city. The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest
power station in terms of installed capacity, is located nearby.
For the millions of
residents trapped in an unprecedented lockdown in Wuhan, the epicenter of
China's deadly coronavirus outbreak, life has not been easy -- but some are
trying to make the best of a bad situation. The city of 11 million people in
central China's Hubei province has been in lockdown for almost one week as
Chinese authorities struggle to contain the spread of the deadly new coronavirus
that has killed at least 170 people and sickened more than 7,700. Flights,
trains and buses leaving Wuhan have been cancelled, highways out of the city
blocked and all intra-city public transports suspended. On Sunday, the city
even banned private vehicles from the roads to discourage people from moving
around.
This is no post
on the Coronavirus, its death or the struggle of people – but on the Govt
initiative in handling the epidemic – the building of a hospital. China's first coronavirus
hospital was opened after workers and
volunteers spent two days converting an empty building to a 1,000-bed medical
centre. It is proudly proclaimed that
the emergency facility in Huanggang city
was up and running in 48 hours. Serving
the purpose of its built, a batch of
coronavirus patients were transferred there immediately. It is stated that three more such hospitals
are being built, two in Wuhan and one in Zhengzhou, even as the death toll of
the life-threatening infection has soared to easily more than 100. The facility
known as Dabie Mountain Regional Medical Centre is the first dedicated
coronavirus hospital, constructed in a city near Wuhan is a 1000 bed emergency
facility, built-up by workers and
volunteers in just two days converting
an empty building.
A handout from the
Huanggang government claimed that it was put up in 48 hours showing workers
from the city's electricity company working to connect the building to the grid
so it can treat coronavirus patients.
Within a very short span of time, all of the beds had been set up by volunteers,
and water, electricity and internet had also been connected, according to the
government of Huanggang. All of the
coronavirus hospitals are modelled on a temporary medical centre, which was
built in Beijing in seven days to tackle SARS in 2003 and treated one-seventh
of the country's SARS patient in the space of two months. In a picture put-up, dozens of diggers could be seen working
overtime to build the six-acre coronavirus hospital in the Caidian District in
the western suburb of Wuhan, China.
Wuhan, which is ravaged by
a deadly new virus, had vowed to build a special, 1,000-bed hospital in less
than a week to fight an outbreak. More
than 500 workers and a dozen heavy vehicles worked two days and nights in order
to complete the task on time. Situated
75 kilometres (46.6 miles) south-west of Wuhan, Huanggang has a population of
around 7.5 million and is one of the cities that have been hit by the
coronavirus the hardest. The Wuhan
authorities instructed four construction companies to toil through the Chinese
New Year holiday in order to complete the urgent task.
Although the Huanggang
coronavirus hospital was the first to open, it was not the first to be planned.
The government of Wuhan announced last Thursday that they would build a
coronavirus hospital in a week. There are at least four of such facilities
completed or being completed in the country. The coronavirus epidemic has
killed at least 106 people - all in China - and sickened more than 4,592 worldwide.
The intensifying health crisis has led the authorities to quarantine at least
56 million people living in central China's Hubei Province. China's central
government has sent around 6,000 doctors to Wuhan from across the nation to
help the city deal with the outbreak.
With the whole World
watching them and with news of affected persons spreading, China is maintaining a solid front – President
Xi Jinping said the nation would 'win the battle against the devil virus' and a
Chinese scientist said he thinks the outbreak and the 'battle of Wuhan' will
peak in 10 days' time.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
30th Jan 2020.
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