China's health challenges after the earthquake.

摘要

The injured Sichuanese farmer was in agony. Fleeing the earthquake zone in an army speedboat, he grimaced each time the vessel bumped off the surface of the Min river. At the back of his skull, blood had started to congeal on a wide, deep wound. Despite the pain, the man kept silent throughout the 1-hour journey, until the boat reached a military camp near Zipingpu dam, where he screamed as he-and every other passenger-was sprayed with disinfectant. He collapsed and had to be carried to an ambulance, which sped him to the nearest hospital.