Outpatient treatment resumes in Lushan

By Liang Chen in Lushan Source:Globaltimes.cn Published: 2013-4-25 15:30:46

 

Tang Decui, a 52-year-old pharmacist at Lushan Hospital, recovers after fainting from overexertion at a rescue clinic in Lushan, Sichuan Province on April 25. Tang had worked for five days straight on two hours of sleep per night. Photo: Liang Chen/GT
Tang Decui, a 52-year-old pharmacist at Lushan Hospital, recovers after fainting from overexertion at a rescue clinic in Lushan, Sichuan Province on April 25. Tang had worked for five days straight on two hours of sleep per night. Photo: Liang Chen/GT



Doctors and medical workers have resumed outpatient services in the quake-stricken area of Lushan earthquake on April 24 after those seriously injured in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake were transferred to hospitals in neighboring cities, including Ya'an and Chengdu. 

"We treated hundreds of patients yesterday because Lushan Hospital is still structurally unsafe," Yang Ronggang, director of Emergency Response Office at Chongqing Municipal Health Bureau, told the Global Times on April 25. "Now besides emergency relief, our rescue teams are also treating common illnesses."

The Chongqing Municipal Health Bureau rescue team is one of the seven state-level groups dispatched by the National Health and Family Planning Commission for disaster relief. The group also participated in rescue efforts after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008.

A total 196 people were killed on the quake that shook the area on April 20, according to statistics released on April 24.

 

 

Two Buddhist monks from Hebei Buddhism Charity Foundation stand in front of piles of disaster relief supplies they had helped transport to Lushan on April 25. The monks, who had participated in disaster relief work after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, oversaw the delivery which included biscuits, bottled water, rice and medicine totaling 220,000 yuan ($35,596). Photo: Liang Chen/GT
Two Buddhist monks from Hebei Buddhism Charity Foundation stand in front of piles of disaster relief supplies they had helped transport to Lushan on April 25. The monks, who had participated in disaster relief work after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, oversaw the delivery which included biscuits, bottled water, rice and medicine totaling 220,000 yuan ($35,596). Photo: Liang Chen/GT



 

 



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