Hotels across Spain converted into medical care centres to free up beds in hospitals which have been flooded with Covid-19 cases
Healthcare workers attend to a Covid-19 patient upon his arrival at the Hotel Melia Barcelona Sarria on April 2, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain.
It took just three days to convert the hotel, which features contemporary decor and bathrooms with marble finishing, into a clinic. Instead of arriving with a suitcase, the hotel's new clients carry bags containing just a few personal belongings and their medical report. In the Madrid region, the hardest-hit area in Spain and the first to adopt the measure, there are now just over 700 patients in quarantine in hotels.
Staff at a nearby health clinic work round the clock to monitor Covid-19 patients recovering in hotels or at home, either in person or virtually, while at the same time still treating people needing help for other ailments. Patients receive four meals a day, which are left outside their rooms. A staff member knocks on the door and the patient must count to five before opening it.
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