in county hospitals Hebei Intensive care units refuse to receive ambulances, relatives of patients search for vacant beds, and patients sit on chairs in the aisles and on the floors.
In Bazhou City, 40 kilometers east of Baiquu, 100 or more people crowded into the emergency ward of the No. 4 People’s Hospital. Langfang Thursday night.
Since there were no beds in the ward, the patients moved to the corridors.
Patients spread out on sheets on the floor while staff removed stretchers and ventilators.
It is not clear The number of patients who have contracted COVID-19.
Some had only mild symptoms, which highlights another problem. Experts believe that the Chinese rely more heavily on hospitals than other countries, which means that it is easy to overburden medical resources in emergency situations.
Meanwhile, the medical resources in China’s villages and towns, home to regarding 500 million people out of a total population of 1.4 billion, lag behind hospitals in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai by a wide margin.
Some counties lack one bed per unit Intensive care.
In Baoding No. 2 Hospital in Zhouzhou, patients crowded into the emergency department corridor Wednesday.
The intensive care unit was very crowded, and ambulances were turned away.
A medical worker shouted at the patients’ relatives as they removed a patient from an oncoming ambulance.
In crematorium crematoriums in Qabidian– Which is a two hour drive away – because funeral homes in the capital were packed.
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in county hospitals Hebei Intensive care units refuse to receive ambulances, relatives of patients search for vacant beds, and patients sit on chairs in the aisles and on the floors.
In Bazhou City, 40 kilometers east of Baiquu, 100 or more people crowded into the emergency ward of the No. 4 People’s Hospital. Langfang Thursday night.
Since there were no beds in the ward, the patients moved to the corridors.
Patients spread out on sheets on the floor while staff removed stretchers and ventilators.
It is not clear The number of patients who have contracted COVID-19.
Some had only mild symptoms, which highlights another problem. Experts believe that the Chinese rely more heavily on hospitals than other countries, which means that it is easy to overburden medical resources in emergency situations.
Meanwhile, the medical resources in China’s villages and towns, home to regarding 500 million people out of a total population of 1.4 billion, lag behind hospitals in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai by a wide margin.
Some counties lack one bed per unit Intensive care.
In Baoding No. 2 Hospital in Zhouzhou, patients crowded into the emergency department corridor Wednesday.
The intensive care unit was very crowded, and ambulances were turned away.
A medical worker shouted at the patients’ relatives as they removed a patient from an oncoming ambulance.
In crematorium crematoriums in Qabidian– Which is a two hour drive away – because funeral homes in the capital were packed.
