Chinese Scholars 3 Days 4 Nights Multinational Rescue: Fortunately, Behind My Strong Motherland

"Fortunately, there is a strong motherland behind me."

—— Note a cross-border rescue of Chinese scholars for three days and nights

Author: reporter Tang Xiangyue newspaper correspondent Deng dig peak

6:04 14 afternoon, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Liberia, Changsha University professor Metathought security escorts from France was returning to rehab at the Changsha Xiangya Hospital.

This day was the 17th day after his car accident in Liberia .

“Fortunately, there is a strong motherland behind me!” Huang Baiqing was lying in his bed and recalled the experience of struggling on the verge of death for more than half a month. In particular, he was aware of the thrill of three days and four nights from the accident to being out of danger. When feeling so.

This is a realistic version of the “War Wolf” rescue action for ordinary Chinese citizens!

Car Accident Rescue: Transnational Transfers

Liberia local time at 20:10 on March 28, the Chinese Embassy in Liberia sounded rapid ringing of the phone.

“We had a car accident and Huang Boqing’s teacher was seriously injured! And we have a broken car and need rescue! I have already called the hospital's rescue phone!”

The three teachers of Huang Baiqing, He Rundong, and Fan Jinhong from the Liberian Confucius Institute at Changsha University of Science and Technology were invited by the Chinese Embassy in Libya to participate in the Liberian farewell ceremony of the Chinese peacekeeping police. After returning from their homes in the capital, Monrovia, they encountered a car accident.

He Rundong recalled that on the way back, he had to go through a remote mountain road. At that time, it was dark. As a result, a large truck was parked in the middle of the road and there was no warning. The car braked but it still crashed. After a hard day, Huang Baiqing, who was arranged to sit in the back seat to get up, flew up directly from the back seat, knocked out the front windshield and fell to the ground. His face was full of blood and he was in a coma on the spot.

He Rundong, who was slightly injured, immediately called the hospital and reported to the embassy. At the same time, JFK Hospital , Liberia’s best public comprehensive medical institution, immediately dispatched medical ambulances. The Chinese-funded enterprises immediately followed the rescue with the assistance of local Liberians. The Chinese government’s assistance to the Liberian medical team heard the news immediately.

After 30 minutes, the three teachers were sent to the hospital. He Rundong and Fan Jinhong were lightly injured. Huang Bingqing's eyebrows hit a 4 cm hole, hematoma, and dislocated hip. The Chinese Embassy in Libya immediately issued a briefing. The news was sent back to China, from insurance companies to Chinese-funded enterprises, from Changsha University of Science and Technology to the Hanban, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. All were mobilized urgently.

The leaders of the Changsha University of Science and Technology held a coordination meeting at the earliest speed to make it clear that “at all costs, save people first.”

However, JFK hospitals are in poor condition, there are no basic medicines, and there are no doctors who can perform surgery. The Chinese aid medical team performed an eye surgery for Huang Baiqing without anesthetics, but due to the hematoma on the face, it was impossible to observe the internal injuries of the eye.

After 4 hours, the picture of the pelvis came out. "The film is too vague to see!" As soon as the film was obtained, the medical team members of the medical team were stunned.

JFK Hospital did not provide equipment for further diagnosis. Doctors can only judge by experience. "The hip joint is difficult to find because of its complex structure and it is easy to miss the diagnosis." The doctor of the Chinese medical team said, "If not treated, it may cause stocks. Bone necrosis, thrombosis in occult fractures, is detached from blood vessels in the lungs, and may cause pulmonary thrombosis. The consequences are fatal."

The Changsha University of Technology Liberia Confucius Institute was established in 2008 and is the first Confucius Institute established abroad. Huang Baiqing's research direction is literary aesthetics. Before he went to the Confucius Institute, he had served as vice president for 7 years at the School of Arts, Changsha University of Technology , and was the first National Natural Science Foundation winner.

Every volunteer who goes to Liberia to teach Chinese in the international community is very aware of the working environment there. The economy is backward, the safety and security are poor, the houses are old, the sanitary conditions are poor, and mosquitoes are paralyzed. In 2016 , Huang Baiqing applied to Lie as the fifth Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute.

Local time on March 29 at 6 am, domestic experts to conduct remote consultation, the experts carefully observe the symmetry of the femoral head and the joint space, the integrity of the acetabulum, agreed with the views of the medical team, may fracture Extremely sexual.

Liberia cannot undergo hip surgery. To treat it, it must be transnationalized and it is urgent!

International coordination: life above all

Cross-border transfers need to apply for international SOS rescue. They need to coordinate air traffic, get in and out of the green channel, and dock with health organizations in receiving countries. time is life.

"Changsha University of Technology is on duty 24 hours!"

"The National Hanban Office in Asia and Africa is on duty 24 hours a day!"

"The Embassy of the Chinese Embassy is on duty 24 hours!"

The parties immediately set up an emergency rescue team for accident accidents led by Shao Xubo, Director of the Asia-Africa Division of the Hanban, to invest in cross-border relief.

The working group put forward four sets of rescue plans at the first time.

Option one, back to Beijing. However, Liberia is more than 12,500 kilometers away from Beijing . Medical planes need to be refueled several times. The flight time will be more than 30 hours. Huang Boqing is unbearable and vetoed. The second option is to go to neighboring Ghana. However, Ghana’s medical level has not been guaranteed, and it is faced with the issue of concurrency. It may face re-transfer and veto; G3, South Africa. Although the medical conditions in South Africa are good, the developed countries that are farther away from the motherland and good medical conditions are not conducive to the second-order transnational transshipment and veto; the fourth option is to go to France. France has good medical conditions and it is close to China and feasible.

Act now! The Chinese Embassy in Libya has contacted a trans-shipment agency specializing in providing cross-border SOS medical services; the Ministry of Education’s Finance Division has provided support for the payment of fees; the Education Section of the Chinese Embassy in France has been responsible for contacting the French side hospitals; and Beijing Branch of China Life Insurance Company has been making its way The green light... However, the difficulty is more than expected.

April 1 is the Western Easter, entered the French national holiday. Many hospitals are unable to provide medical services during the holidays.

On the other side, two airports in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, are suspended at two o'clock in the afternoon and suspended at six o'clock in the small airport. There is no night flight equipment. Moreover, Liberia cannot provide medical aircraft. There are even more worrying: According to the international rescue flight regulations, emergency medical trans-shipment involves a series of conditions, and a case report must be issued, taking into account the pilot, the aircraft and the flight permit, and airworthiness conditions. At this time, Huang Baiqing has developed symptoms of dyspnea and unconsciousness. The situation is getting more and more serious.

I asked one of the hospitals in the Chinese Embassy in France. Finally, the American hospital in Paris agreed to receive it. There are multiple sets of flight rescue transfer programs. "Using the fastest transshipment plan!" Shao Xubo issued instructions, and the rescue aircraft took off from Paris. It stopped supplying jet fuel only once in mid-stream and arrived in Monrovia and returned directly.

“The Liberian side will arrive at the airport half an hour earlier!” “After the plane is disembarked, the French will have an ambulance.” All personnel of the rescue emergency work team began cross-border rescue.

No one asks who is who, but there is only the common purpose of “rescuing the Chinese Confucius Institute teachers and rescuing Chinese compatriots”; some only check each other and inform each other about their respective preparations, for fear that there will be a slight omission.

This is related to the life of an international Chinese teacher volunteer.

Local time on March 31 evening 11:10, the plane finally arrived in Paris, France.

Huang Baiqing was sent to the intensive care unit for the first time. At the time of his fracture hemorrhage in the body stagnation, multiple blood stasis, lung thrombosis, resulting in moderate pulmonary embolism, eye small fractures, multiple nasal cavity fractures, acetabular fossa dislocation, femoral joint fracture. The best treatment time for hip fractures is 24 hours, and the accident has occurred for more than 72 hours. The hip circumference is severely ischaemic, which brings many difficulties for subsequent recovery. ”

April 1, a hip reduction surgery; April 3, out of danger. April 8, breathe and normal communication. Everyone hanging hearts finally landed.

Returning safely to China: The motherland is really powerful

Three days and four nights, the transfer of the two countries was completed. This is a rescue that takes every minute and every second. Behind the speed of China is the power of China and the image of China.

“When I arrived abroad, I really understood the greatness of the motherland.” Huang Beiqing said with emotion.

Without visas, the Chinese Embassy in Libya and the Chinese Embassy in France conducted communication and coordination work with two national immigration checkpoints within a day. During the Easter holiday, several hospitals in Paris responded quickly after communicating and coordinating. They expressed willingness to interrupt holidays to provide patients Help; Entry into France from African countries will carry the risk of "multi-drug resistant bacteria carry". It is required to produce no evidence of severe infection and an inspection report is required, taking into account the risk of multi-drug resistant cross-contamination of bacteria and isolation. . The local hospital in Liberia was unable to detect the bacteria and the rescue was once in trouble...

"Fortunately, I am a Chinese. My body has suffered tremendous damage, but my heart is particularly warm. On the day of the accident, the staff of the embassy, ​​doctors of the medical team, and teachers and students of the Confucius Institute stood beside me for 24 hours." After a two-week treatment, Huang Baiqing was in stable condition. When he returned to China for recovery treatment, he said, “In the process, I feel that the motherland has paid attention to everyone. Even if I am just an ordinary teacher, there is a danger. The motherland will do its best to ensure safety. There is a strong motherland and I have nothing to worry about."

After the car accident, I heard that the Chinese teacher was injured. Students and neighboring residents of the Confucius Institute spontaneously came to visit and stayed at the hospital and refused to leave.

"I'm a Chinese in Liberia," said Dirk, the first native teacher hired by the Confucius Institute. He was one of the earliest students of the Confucius Institute. After graduating, he went to study at Changsha University of Technology for one year. He went to Xiamen University to study Chinese as a foreign language for three years. After graduation, he was recruited as a native teacher of the Confucius Institute. After the accident, he and the teachers and students of the Confucius Institute stayed with Huang Boqing until he was sent to the rescue plane.

“I have a dream of cultural communication. The conditions in Liberia are hard, but our hearts are full of pride. As the Chinese dean of the Confucius Institutes, spreading Chinese culture, my mission is glorious and I have great responsibilities.” Huang Boqing hopes he can return to Liberia as soon as possible. Continue to carry out the dissemination of Chinese culture.

This article is reproduced from the Guangming Daily.