First-aid helicopter transports lung patient to Beijing
The patient is rushed into the emergency room. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]
An 82-year-old lung-infected patient who suffered respiratory failure was rushed in a 999 first-aid helicopter from Zhangjiakou to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing on Thursday. The ride is 180 kilometers. The China-Japan Friendship Hospital is the nearest hospital in suburban Beijing that is accessible to around-the-clock air first aid.
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