Lanzhou: With local hospitals in Gansu's quake-struck areas full to capacity, some of those injured in the shocks are being transferred to Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, about 250 kilometers north of the epicenter. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Minxian County, the area hardest hit by the quake, is now packed with the wounded.
With all wards filled with heavily injured patients, some of the less seriously wounded are staying in corridors, where doctors are conducting emergency treatment. Even the hospital's garage has become a temporary home for in-patients.
To reduce the pressure, the General Hospital of the Lanzhou Military Command of the People's Liberation Army has received 19 injured people since July 22 Monday night, aged between 11 and 75. |
