Chinese Patient With Kidney Failure Goes Online to Get Medical Treatment Amid Lockdown

Chinese Patient With Kidney Failure Goes Online to Get Medical Treatment Amid Lockdown
A security guard checks the information of a man at the entrance of a residential area that is under restriction following a recent COVID-19 outbreak in Xian, in China's northern Shaanxi Province on December 23, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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A Chinese person with kidney failure had to go online to get urgently needed dialysis amid massive lockdowns imposed by the local authorities due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases.

Li Wei, 31, is a resident of Xi’an City, in China’s northwestern Shaanxi Province, the ancient capital of the Qin Dynasty. He suffers from end-stage kidney failure and has been undergoing dialysis treatment for 13 years. Li usually goes to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University every three days for the dialysis.