They seem prepared for a long stay, setting up a makeshift hospital and erecting tents.

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We spent several hours at the makeshift hospital, run by volunteers without surgical training.

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In Lushan, the local middle school appeared to be little damaged and rescue workers were using it as a makeshift hospital.

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It was converted eight days ago into a makeshift hospital that serves as the first stop for evacuees needing medical attention.

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"We learned that the safest place for our bigger makeshift hospital was back from the front line, so patients with major injuries could be transferred there from the front line, " Sadek said.

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Expected to be operational in the autumn, it will replace a dilapidated shed currently being used as a makeshift hedgehog hospital.

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Staff at a local hospital treated the injured outside the semi-collapsed building as bodies of the dead lay in makeshift morgues.

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