Hospital train treats victims along quake route

(21 May 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Ambulance arrives at train platform 2. Wide of platform 3. Mid of doctors writing report by patient's bed on train compartment 4. Close of writing 5. Close of patient 6. Mid of patient's compartment 7. Various of patients 8. Close of patient's arm 9. Close of sign writing patient's names, age and type of injuries 10. Pan to left from train officers to patients 11. Mid of nurses and doctors discussing 12. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Nurse, no name given: "According to the situation of the patients, extra attention would be paid to those seriously injured, we assigned one doctor and one nurse for them. For those with minor injuries, one to two nurses would be assigned to take care of them." 13. Various of doctor examining patients 14. Mid of doctor walking in alley 15. Wide of doctors and nurses waving goodbye to patients 16. Track shot of banners writing in Chinese " Wish earthquake injured recover soon" 17. Mid of sign on train in Chinese " Jiangyou to Kumming" 18. Mid of train leaving 19. Mid of doctors and nurses waving 20. Mid of train leaving STORYLINE: A medical train filled with people injured from China's May 12 earthquake left Jiangyou city on Wednesday afternoon to reduce pressure on overwhelmed hospitals in Sichuan province. Over 100 doctors and nurses from Jiangyou and Kumming city, the capital of neighbouring Yunan province, were to take care of 242 patients for treatment in their facilities. There has been a critical shortage of space and medical workers in hospitals in the quake affected areas after hundreds of patients were hospitalised following the quake. Taking patients to other province will give them a better chance of treatment. The quake survivors, most of them suffering from cranial trauma, broken bones and internal injuries but in stable condition to travel, are expected to reach the destination after 20 hours. The train is equipped with respirators, oxygen tanks and medicine to cope with emergency. Hundreds of doctors, nurses and army officers from Jiangyou city, 130 km away from capital city of Chengdu came to the platform to wave goodbye to their patients with banners wishing them to recover soon. It was the first train departing from Jiangyou. In the past few days, there have been at least 5 other train journeys departing from Mianyang, Deyang, carrying over 2,000 patients out of quake zone to other provinces and there will be more to be operated. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...