Wed,Nov 27,2013
BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- A Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday that Chinese medical teams have treated more than a thousand injured patients in typhoon-hit central Philippines.
"The rescue team of the Red Cross Society of China has recovered the bodies of 22 victims," said spokesman Qin Gang at a regular press briefing.
Typhoon Haiyan (local name Yolanda) has killed 5,235 people and wounded 23,501 others. Another 1,613 people remained missing, the Philippine government said.
The Chinese government emergency medical team set up a field hospital in Abuyog, Leyte on Saturday night and began accepting patients.
Meanwhile, two medical teams sent by the Red Cross Society of China have also built a tent hospital in Tacloban, one of the worst-hit cities in Leyte, which began operations on Sunday.
China's Peace Ark Hospital Ship also provided medical aid to patients in the central Philippines on Monday after arriving in Leyte Gulf on Sunday afternoon.
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