Maryland doctors trudge to help Sichuan victims
By Wang Zhuoqiong | China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-18 07:31
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American doctors from Maryland and Duan Zhixiu at a hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Courtesy of Peter Hu |
On May 12, 16-year-old Duan Zhixiu was trapped for 10 hours in the rubble of the collapsed Beichuan Middle School. The ordeal left her with severe lung and kidney failure, and rescuers were forced to amputate her left leg to free her.
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