Hechi sends medical workers to help Hubei battle virus

Hechi in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region sent its first team of medical workers, comprised of 17 doctors and nurses, to Shiyan, Hubei province on Feb 19 to help the city's battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic.

These medical workers are all from the People's Hospital of Hechi and the Hechi Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including Ran Jingbing, head of the surgical ward of the Department of Critical Care Medicine of the People's Hospital of Hechi, and Lan Zu, attending doctor of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Diseases of the People's Hospital of Hechi.

The 17 doctors and nurses who were sent to Shiyan, Hubei province on Feb 19 pose for a group photo at the People's Hospital of Hechi. [Photo by Quan Sheng for chinadaily.com.cn]