Chinese netizens call to strengthen emergency aid system in society after a man fell to sudden death in a subway station in Beijing during rush hour.

Jin Bo, the 34-year-old deputy editor-in-chief of a popular social networking site tianya.cn, passed away on Wednesday evening after he lost consciousness and fainted at a subway station in Beijing around 7 p.m.

Eyewitnesses said some fellow passengers tried to give Jin artificial respiration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) including a foreign woman who claimed herself to be an emergency treatment doctor, while subway employees eased the crowds during the rush hour, Beijing Youth Daily reported.

Jin also received CPR from Beijing Red Cross Emergency Rescue Center (999) medical staff before he was sent to the hospital where he was certified dead.

Amid the mourning for the loss of a good reporter and introspection on overworking which could possibly lead to death, many netizens also pointed out the necessity to set up emergency aid system in the society, especially at public places.

“It reflected the inadequacy of emergency rescue at public places. All public places must be equipped with AED and all service staff should be trained with CPR. Those who offer help must not stop giving CPR to the patient until 999 medical staff arrive,” wrote Yu Ying, a verified doctor at emergency department, on her Sina Weibo.

Yu’s call has been reposted and liked for over 1,500 times.

AED in Yu’s post referred to automated external defibrillator, a portable electronic device that can automatically diagnose some heart diseases. It is also able to treat the patient through electrical therapy.

However, such life-saving devices are rarely seen in China. According to China Central Television (CCTV), AED can so far only be found at the Beijing Capital International Airport, some lines of the Shanghai subway and in a few Olympic stadiums in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The device is also unfamiliar to much of the public.