- Title: CHINA-SHIP/HOSPITAL Chinese sunken ship survivors treated at hospital
- Date: 3rd June 2015
- Summary: JIANLI COUNTY, HUBEI PROVINCE, CHINA (JUNE 3, 2015) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE AT ENTRANCE TO JIANLI PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CENTRE HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF SURVIVOR FROM SUNKEN SHIP BEING WHEELED ON HOSPITAL BED SURVIVOR IN HOSPITAL ROOM NURSE ON TELEPHONE SURVIVOR FROM SUNKEN SHIP BEING WHEELED ON HOSPITAL BED
- Embargoed: 18th June 2015 13:00
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- Location: China
- Country: China
- Topics: General
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Doctors treated survivors from a Chinese tourist boat that sunk with more than 400 people on board at a local hospital on Wednesday (June 3).
Five people are being treated at the Jianli People's Hospital close to the scene of the disaster, nurses told Reuters. Three of the patients are in the general ward while a further two are in the intensive care unit.
Only 14 bodies have been recovered so far and 14 people found alive. Among the few rescued was an elderly woman who had been trapped in an air pocket in the ship, which capsized during a freak tornado on Monday night (June 1).
A passenger manifest carried by state media showed those on board the Eastern Star ranged in age from three to more than 80. There were 456 people on board when the ship capsized.
China's weather bureau said a tornado had buffeted the area where the ship was cruising, a freak occurrence in a country where twisters can happen but are uncommon.
The ship's captain and the chief engineer, who were among the few to be rescued, have been detained by police for questioning. An initial investigation found the ship was not overloaded and had enough life vests for its passengers.
The disaster could be China's worst shipping accident in nearly 70 years and possibly the worst in East Asia since a ferry sinking in South Korea in April 2014 killed 304 people, most of them children on a school trip. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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