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A Welsh doctor has described the huge effort being made to treat an increasing number of patients diagnosed with coronavirus.

Dr Martin Bevan, who is the unit medical director at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, spoke outside a Covid ward which is currently treating five patients – but until a week ago was a rheumatology unit.

"It's been re-purposed, it’s now an acute medical unit where we admit patients who are either suspected or known to be [Covid] positive," he said.

"So we're able now to admit patients direct from the community or transferred from Singleton and Morriston hospitals.”

There are five on the unit and another four who have tested positive for coronavirus on the medical wards.

Dr Bevan – who himself suffered with the symptoms of the illness - said the patients started arriving just a few days ago, but they expect many more in the coming days.

“We only have five beds out of 17 used on the admission unit and we have a 40 bed ward upstairs ready as well for transfers from the medical unit," he said.

"I anticipate within the next few weeks we will be probably fill up.

“But we still have plenty of capacity in the hospital. So we hope that we will have sufficient capacity to cope with the projected demands that are predicted at the moment.”

He said that the staff there are ready for what comes next.

“We are confident that we can cope with whatever's thrown at us. Obviously, no one knows what is going to happen," Dr Bevan added.

"But I think we are as well prepared as we can be. And you know, all eventualities have been considered.”

“All this is challenging. My role has changed considerably over the last week.

"I am a consultant rheumatologist but now I am working in acute medicine and doing resident on calls. So that is a big change. But everyone is stepping up to the challenge. And there have been a lot of volunteers to work in the Covid areas. “