Shandong Provincial Thoracic Hospital designated as EVD medical center (1/8)

A negative-pressure isolation ambulance which can be used to transfer Ebola virus disease (EVD) patients is parked at Shandong Provincial Thoracic Hospital of Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 20, 2014. Authorities in Shandong recently made Shandong Provincial Thoracic Hospital the province's designated medical service institution for potential EVD cases. The hospital has taken a series of precautionary measures against the disease, which has already caused over 1,000 deaths in West Africa this year. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)