Medical, Funeral Services in China Overwhelmed as COVID Cases Soar

Medical, Funeral Services in China Overwhelmed as COVID Cases Soar
Health workers move a COVID-19 patient on a stretcher in the emergency ward of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on Dec. 22, 2022. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
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Medical services in China are being overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases, with one doctor saying the corridors of his Beijing hospital are full of sick people while more people are lining up outside seeking treatment.

“There are so many COVID-infected people now that the hospital corridors are full of patients,” Yang Yun (pseudonym), a doctor at the Fangshan District Hospital, told the Epoch Times on Dec. 23.

Kane Zhang
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Kane Zhang is a reporter based in Japan. She has written on health topics for The Epoch Times since 2022, mainly focusing on Integrative Medicine. She also reports on current affairs related Japan and China.
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