IFEMA has come forward to help by turning its exhibition halls into Spain’s largest field hospital. Eventprofs has also lend a helping hand during the coronavirus pandemic by working in coordination of the Community of Madrid, Madrid City Council and the Armed Forces, and also with IFEMA’s suppliers to transform 85,000sqm of halls 5, 7 and 9, enabling them to house 1,300 beds and 96 ICU stations for patients infected with Covid-19. There is also the possibility to expand this to a total of 5,500 beds Since the Community of Madrid and the City Council confirmed the need to use IFEMA facilities to build the largest emergency hospital in Spain, as well as to accommodate and shelter asymptomatic homeless people, all IFEMA’s logistics machinery was leveraged to adapt its facilities and make all human, professional and technical resources available for such a monumental project The work was also made possible by the contribution of IFEMA’s suppliers, as well as other technical professionals, companies and medical and health personnel. The first area of the hospital became operational on March 14, with the admission of nearly 300 patients. Work also began on two more halls, which, in less than a week, had been set up to receive more than 1,300 Covid-19 patients, sent in from hospital centres in the Community of Madrid. In a matter of hours, 38,000sqm of linoleum flooring was installed in halls 7 and 9; 26 kilometres of sanitary copper piping for oxygen and vacuum pipes; 8 kilometres of PVC piping; 13,000 linear metres of aluminium structure; 5,000 power outlets; 600 electricity panels; 330 doors; 430 counters; 350 shelves, and 600 chairs. In addition, hall 9 now has 36 showers and 48 toilets, and hall 7 has 24 showers and 32 toilets, bolstering Feria de Madrid’s existing facilities.
