Patients have crowded the city’s hospitals seeking tests and treatment. Photo: AFP

China coronavirus: Wuhan residents describe ‘doomsday’ scenes as patients overwhelm hospitals

  • One woman said her husband had been feverish and coughing blood but was turned away by several hospitals that said they had no room
  • Desperate scenes come as death toll rises to 41 and more than 1,000 cases of infection confirmed nationwide
Topic |   China coronavirus outbreak

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Patients have crowded the city’s hospitals seeking tests and treatment. Photo: AFP
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Mimi Lau

Mimi Lau

Mimi Lau covers human rights, religion and civil society in China. She spent seven years in southern China as the Post's Guangzhou Correspondent before returning to Hong Kong in 2017. Today, Mimi continues to pursue stories across the country, monitoring and reporting on key political and civil issues. She has won numerous awards for her work.