Chinese rescue team digs out survivors
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CHINA is mobilizing all kinds of resources from rescue teams to relief supplies for its neighbor Nepal on the other side of the world’s highest mountain.
A 62-member Chinese search and rescue team, along with six dogs, arrived in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu at about 10am local time yesterday to become the first international heavy urban search and rescue team in the Himalayan country, according to the China Earthquake Administration.
From about 5pm, the Chinese team spent four hours rescuing a teenager who had been trapped for one day in northwestern Kathmandu. Hundreds of people surrounding the rescue site applauded when they saw the survivor was out of danger.
The teenager was in a stable condition, said Fu Xiaoguang, deputy chief of the team.
Rescuers also found another seven people trapped in the debris in the nearby area and their rescue was expected to take another six hours, he said.
Most of the rescue team members are experienced in earthquake rescue and have taken part in domestic or international missions in a dozen serious earthquake situations, including the 8.0-magnitude quake in Wenchuan in 2008 and those in Japan, Haiti and Pakistan.
“A friend in need is a friend indeed,” said Mahesh Kumar Maskey, Nepali Ambassador to China. “Nepali people will always remember the support and help from China.”
The Chinese government has decided to provide 20 million yuan (US$3.2 million) in humanitarian aid to Nepal following the massive earthquake, the Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday.
The aid, including supplies of tents, blankets and generators, will be delivered to Nepal by chartered planes, the ministry said, adding that China will be offering further support according to Nepal’s demands.
The National Health and Family Planning Commission has contacted a Chinese medical team stationed in Nepal and instructed them to “take an active part in medical relief work.”
China’s foreign ministry and the Chinese embassy in Nepal have launched an emergency response to help with Chinese nationals injured in the disaster and deal with the aftermath of those who died.
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