© Licensed to London News Pictures. 09/04/2020. Manchester, UK. A brand new portable x-ray scanner is delivered to the hospital . The National Health Service is building a 648 bed field hospital for the treatment of Covid-19 patients , at the historical railway station terminus which now forms the main hall of the Manchester Central Convention Centre . The facility is due to open on Easter Monday , 13th April 2020 , and will treat patients from across the North West of England , providing them with general medical care and oxygen therapy after discharge from Intensive Care Units . Photo credit: Joel Goodman/LNP