Medical workers choose to save man's life, not his clothes

Four emergency medical workers at a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, paid 1,000 yuan ($151) in compensation for the cost of a patient's clothes they had cut off while saving his life.

The incident triggered hot discussion online, with many netizens expressing anger at the patient's family and some even offering to pay on behalf of the medical team. Some thought the hospital should not have cut off the man's clothes.

At 4:25 pm on Sept 11, a 34-year-old internet cafe worker, Li Ping, fainted and was sent to the emergency center at Wuhan University's Zhongnan Hospital, Beijing News reported.