Babies bring hope amid devastation
0 Comment(s)
Print
E-mail China Daily, September 10, 2012
Seventeen babies have been born in the Yiliang County People's Hospital since the earthquake on Friday, and all nine boys and eight girls are healthy, a hospital nurse told China Daily on Sunday.
 |
|
Children play outside a makeshift tent in the quake-hit Yiliang County. |
Hu Fang, 20, gave birth to a boy in the hospital on Friday just as the earthquake struck the county.
The hospital moved Hu and her baby from the ward into a tent after the earthquake. She needs to remain in the hospital for three to four days to make sure her condition is stable after the caesarian birth.
The temperature hit 33 C in the county on Sunday.
Hu's boyfriend, 22-year-old Pan Huaibin, who was cooling his baby with a fan, said his family had several adobe houses in Luozehe township, which is about 15 kilometers from Yiliang.
"The earthquake destroyed all the houses, so now I can't have my wedding there. Now my parents live in a makeshift tent in the hill," he said.
The baby also needs to stay in the tent because of the continual aftershocks.
Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)