Wuhan hospitals open for non-coronavirus patients

BEIJING — Wuhan, Hubei province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has started to provide medical treatment for non-infected patients, according to the local health commission.

Six hospitals in Wuhan will be open to people not infected with the new virus in order to meet public medical demands amid the ongoing epidemic, especially patients who have chronic diseases with severe symptoms, pregnant women, children and patients on hemodialysis, the commission said.