Well-equipped Russian team working at field hospital

Pengzhou, SICHUAN: 81-year-old Yang Yixu, a resident of Xinxing town, who injured her head in the earthquake, looked puzzled when she was taken to the sports ground of the Pengzhou Vocational School.

She had never seen a field hospital before, and especially one attended by foreigners.

Yang was one of many transferred yesterday from other hospitals to Pengzhou. The field hospital is being manned by a group of 67 medical personnel, cleaners and security officers sent by the Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Response of Russia.