A doctor checks X-ray films on Thursday at a resettlement site in Jishishan county, Gansu province. A medical aid team from the Gansu Provincial Hospital are treating the quake-affected people at a mobile field hospital which is capable of carrying out CT scans, laboratory tests and surgeries. WEI XIAOHAO / CHINA DAILY
After rushing to earthquake-stricken Jishishan county in Gansu province last week, Hao Xiangyong and his colleagues from Gansu Provincial Hospital have been busy carrying out a series of emergency medical procedures almost hourly each day.
As team leader of the Gansu mobile field hospital sent by Gansu Provincial Hospital, Hao and his 50 colleagues, including 10 critical care specialists, started working at the disaster-stricken area on Tuesday, a day after the magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted the region. The team is stationed at the severely affected Dahejia town.
The team's primary tasks include providing urgent treatment to individuals brought in by rescue teams, transferring those with mild symptoms to nearby tents once treated, and transporting those with severe conditions to specialized county hospitals after primary treatment.
Hao recalled that on the first day, the main medical issues they faced were fractures and external injuries. By the second day, tents for the displaced had been set up, and residents seeking medical attention for various discomforts and injuries flocked to the mobile hospital. Since the third day after the earthquake, approximately 200 local residents have been visiting the hospital daily.
According to Hao, the mobile hospital has deployed four national emergency rescue vehicles, each serving different functions — an X-ray vehicle for fracture patients, a laboratory vehicle, a surgical vehicle for emergency procedures and an emergency power supply vehicle.
The earthquake left 148 people dead and 781 injured.
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