Boy injured with air pump improves despite infections

Du Chuanwang, a 13-year-old boy from Xiajin county, Shandong province, who was seriously injured in a prank with an air pump, is getting better.

Du was transferred from the intensive care unit to a single ward on Friday to allow his family better access to him and because his condition had improved.

"The ward is equipped with a monitor, an infusion pump and equipment to sterilize the air," Shen Li, co-founder of the Angel Mom foundation said at a news conference on Saturday.