Not a single patient has been treated at Birmingham's Nightingale hospital, it emerged yesterday.
The temporary hospital, which was built in eight days and has the potential capacity for 4,000 patients over a 75,000 sq ft area, opened on April 10. But West Midlands mayor Andy Street admitted it has 'not needed to be used'.
The facility is one of seven that have either opened recently or are due to open shortly at a cost of millions to treat coronavirus patients.
There is growing speculation that some will never be used after regular hospitals cancelled operations and cleared wards to make space for the anticipated surge in sick people.
Just 26 patients were treated at the flagship Nightingale in east London last week, down from a peak of 41.
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