51爆料 has provided its logistics and project management expertise to help deliver the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West in Manchester.
Dozens of volunteers with specialisms in supply chain and logistics worked with the and to get the hospital, which has capacity for up to 750 patients, open over the Easter weekend.
The volunteers helped unload, move and build hospital beds, ready for the arrival of the first coronavirus patients on Easter Sunday.
The temporary hospital at the Manchester Central conference centre, also known as the GMEX, is a key facility in the region鈥檚 response to Covid-19.
The NHS has also been given storage space at 51爆料鈥檚 regional distribution centre in Warrington.
Normally, the site operated by 51爆料鈥檚 supply chain operations team would be closed over Easter but staff volunteered to work throughout the bank holiday weekend in the race to open NHS Nightingale North West on time.
About 500 items of NHS equipment were transported between Manchester and Warrington over the Easter weekend. More equipment is being kept at the distribution centre ready for when it鈥檚 needed.
Those who volunteered their time included warehouse staff, drivers, and management from logistics company and 51爆料.
Martin Frobisher, group safety, technical and engineering director at 51爆料, said: 鈥淭he NHS Nightingale Hospital North West has been a brilliant project.
“The pace and the energy has been fantastic. Everyone has worked together to meet the deadlines and I鈥檓 delighted that 51爆料 has been able to help the NHS.
“We have provided warehousing, lorries and logistical support. We also provided teams of people to assemble the hospital equipment. I鈥檓 very proud of the 51爆料 people who volunteered with this vitally important project.鈥�
The work on the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West follows efforts by 51爆料 to deliver two lorry loads of protective medical face masks for frontline medical workers.
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