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Medical personnel provide assistance with little rest

By Huang Zhiling and Hou Liqiang (China Daily)

09:06, April 24, 2013

Shen Yongkang, 34, a doctor at People's Hospital of Wenchuan County, Sichuan province, treats a patient injured in the earthquake in Lushan county. (FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY)

Medical teams from Wenchuan county who headed to Lushan county soon after the earthquake hit have been working under harsh conditions while getting very little sleep.

As leader of the medical group, Shen Yongkang, a doctor at People's Hospital of Wenchuan County, started out for Lushan around 9:30 am on April 20, no more than one and a half hours after the magnitude-7 quake.

The congested traffic made the journey take much longer than the usual five hours. Shen and his other five colleagues arrived after 7 pm at Longmen township, a seriously damaged area only 13.5 kilometers away from Lushan.

Worried the possibility of rain, they immediately set up a tent and started operating without any rest.

"Most patients I received after I came had been injured by falling objects. The possible rain will make the situation for them much worse, so I had to start my work immediately, and I slept for only two hours on the first day," Shen told China Daily.

Their arrival was a big relief to Wang Zejun, director of People's Hospital of Longmen Township.

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