The goal is to move patients with other pathologies that are now at the Santa Maria’ hospital.

Universidade de Lisboa offered      three pavilions from the sports centre and the Portuguese Army has provided around 500 beds.

The temporary hospital is expected to be functional by  next Saturday.

A tent with almost 1000 square meters is being built in one of the University Stadium’ lawn, as well as smaller tents near the pavilions to guarantee the preparation and distribution of meals to the hospital staff.

The preparation and distribution of these meals will be ensured by Social Services in Cantina Velha.

The Instituto de Medicina Molecular, from ULisboa Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Pharmacy have also partnered against the COVID-19 pandemic  and will be able to delivered at 1000 Coronavirus’ diagnostic tests per day.      

Universidade de Lisboa went even further through  your  international network  and partners in China, with whom the University has been establishing cooperation partnership in the fields of Education and Research, identifying suppliers that have materials able to protect and fight the virus making easier  the communication between chinese companies and the Portuguese Health Service.

Lisbon’s Municipal Council, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sport Lisboa e Benfica – SAD have also joined on that initiative, making possible to donate one million masks and 40 ventilators, as a result from ULisboa’ privileged contacts and the Sport Lisboa Benfica  donation of one million euros.      

Instituto Superior Técnico from Universidade de Lisboa has also joined this cause and is producing medical visors for hospitals.

A team of researchers from the Mechanical Engineering Department in Instituto Superior Técnico (Universidade de Lisboa) has developed and is producing medical visors for protection of the COVID-19 infection, through 3D printing. The produced and arranged visors will be delivered to hospitals.