Ambulances wait on the platform before the special train transporting quake injured from Sichuan arrives at the Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo CRIENGLISH.com]
The first special train Jiu-26 transporting 91 injured from the quake-hit Sichuan Province arrived at Beijing West Railway Station at 605 p.m. Wednesday.
More than 200 medical staff members were at the station to help with the transfer with 100 ambulances.
The injured were transported through removable windows to avoid going through narrow train passages.
Each of them has been identified with his or her name, injuries and room number before they were lifted into the ambulances.
According to Director Zhang Yongli of Beijing Emergency Medical Center, the injured, most of them suffering from serious bone fractures, contusion and traumatism, were carefully selected to make sure they can endure the long journey.
All the injured have been transferred to Beijing Aged People's Hospital for further treatment.
The special train left Mianyang city in Sichuan Province at about 9 a.m. on Tuesday and arrived in Beijing without stop.
Railway staff members wait on the platform to welcome the special train transporting quake injured from Sichuan arrives at the Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
A medical staff member tests the light in an ambulance to assure a suitable environment for the injured before the special train transporting quake injured from Sichuan arrives at the Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
Students of Beijing Health School wait on the platform to welcome the special train transporting quake injured from Sichuan at the Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
Staff members prepare for the transfer of the injured inside the special train after it arrives at Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
Medical and railway staff members transport an injured person through a window of the special train at Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
A railway staff member gives a Fuwa, an Olympic mascot, to an injured man to express blessings at Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
Staff members lift an injured person onto an ambulance at Beijing West Railway Station on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com]
