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The moment the last piece of Tameside Hospital's new coronavirus intensive care unit is lifted into place

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This is the moment the last piece of Tameside Hospital's new 'flat-pack style' coronavirus intensive care unit was lifted into place.

Usually a project like this would take around 20 weeks to complete. But builders have got to this stage in just a month. And remarkably it could be open within days after contractors worked round the clock to get it ready as soon as possible.

The ward will have space for 10 beds and has been built as part of plans to increase the hospital's critical care capacity during the pandemic.

It's been constructed by Wakefield-based Thurston Group, which manufactures modular and portable buildings. The firm has previously built three specialist wards for Wythenshawe Hospital, which formed a two-storey 105-bed unit.

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