Across China: Sichuan

'No medical negligence'

Official investigators have ruled out medical negligence in a case in which a medic declared a road accident victim dead on the spot and sent him to a funeral home, where relatives found the man's heart was still beating, information portal newssc.org reported yesterday.

On Jan 8, Zhang Houming, a construction worker, who had an accident while on his way home with his son, was declared dead on the spot by a medical personnel of the Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital in Neijiang.