Defense laughs at the suggested field hospital in Liège: “Which hospital?” | Abroad

Incidentally, it would not be unique in the fight against the virus. The French army installed an emergency hospital near the town of Mulhouse in March when local hospitals could no longer cope with the flow of patients. We also know the rapidly built and demolished field hospital of Wuhan. An emergency hospital is currently being built in Gijon, Spain.

“Only problem for us: in view of the many savings, the Belgian army no longer has a field hospital worthy of the name”, writes Het Nieuwsblad.

On the mayor’s suggestion ‘to set up a field hospital’, Hans Huygens, a Defense strategist, responds with the question whether he means ‘a hospital or the hospital’. There was one. That copy was used by the Ministry of Defense for a long time on missions in Lebanon – and is now worn to the thread.

Although a brand new mobile hospital has been ordered, it will not be able to be deployed until 2022 at the earliest, according to the website of the Belgian army. On Twitter, Deputy Chief of Staff Marc Thys confirms the bad news.

Mayor Demeyer of Liège will have to look for a plan B.

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