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Volunteer Stretcher-Bearer Program Lacks Recruits


Hospitals emergency wards and patients in need of emergency are being affected by an acute shortage of trained hospital orderlies in some parts of China. Hospital administrators say they don’t have the funding to hire

Working as a stretcher bearer is not an easy job, professional orderlies, so they’re seeking volunteers to act as stretcher bearers who help out on emergency calls.but it’s an important one."18 to 45 year old male with some free time and enthusiasm for public welfare"....these are the requirements for volunteer ambulance stretcher bearers, posted by the Taiyuan Emergency Center.

Since the government fiscal budget for medical services doesn’t cover the position, only volunteers can take the job. But the need for stretcher bearers keeps on growing.

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