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In terms of a tight construction timeline , the Nightingale , which opened on April 3 , was probably second only to China – taking just nine days to install 500 beds . The 87,328 square metres of double exhibition halls at ExCel London were fitted out with the framework for about 80 wards , each with 42 beds . The facility was built with the help of up to 200 soldiers a day from the Royal Anglian Regiment and Royal Gurkha Rifles , working long shifts alongside NHS staff and contractors . Similar facilities have been built in Birmingham , Manchester and Yorkshire .