Archived content related to public health incidents.
On September 20, a medical dispute occurred at the Wuhan Jiangxia District First People's Hospital, where family members of a patient blocked the hospital from transferring a body and clashed with security personnel. The hospital stated that the patient's body had remained in the ICU for over 10 hours and was handled in accordance with regulations. A hospital announcement showed that the patient, surnamed Wu, died on the 19th after resuscitation efforts failed.
September 18 marked the fourth anniversary of the Guizhou quarantine bus accident. Netizens posted photos of community bulletin boards from that year, which featured handwritten slogans such as 'If none of them were me, then next time it will be me' and 'Better to suffer than be numb.' These were posted to mourn the victims of the accident and the Urumqi fire, and to protest society's numbness.
A frontline nurse at a grassroots hospital recorded her nearly 26-hour shift on August 25, which involved high-intensity medical operations, sparking public discussion about the overwork of medical staff.
A non-governmental organization medical worker who cared for Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been diagnosed after returning to France and is currently under monitoring and treatment.
In the early morning of September 18, 2022, a COVID-19 quarantine transfer bus overturned in Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou Province, resulting in 27 deaths. On September 18, 2023, marking the first anniversary of the incident, the public took to the internet to commemorate the victims and reflect on pandemic prevention policies.