[Explanation] Affected by heavy rainfall for several days, Xiaozhuzhuang Village and Lubao Village, Muye District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province were flooded and a large number of people were trapped.
On July 25, eight elderly people in the Xiangshan Nursing Home in Xiaozhuzhuang Village urgently needed to be transferred to the hospital for treatment.
Seven of them need to be inserted into a gastric tube to get liquid food while lying in bed, and one needs regular dialysis.
[Concurrent] Wei Xuan, Dean of Xiangshan Nursing Home, Muye District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province
How to transfer our old people out, but after discussing with us, we found that the situation of the old people is very complicated now, because about half of them, there are 50 old people who need to be carried on a stretcher. How can we ensure that the old people are transported? When he does not have any problems, he will not fall into the water, and will not cause him other secondary injuries. This is the issue we have to consider.
[Explanation] On the same day, many non-governmental rescue forces from Xinxiang, Henan, Foshan, Shandong, Rizhao, Shandong, etc. gathered on the communist bridge outside Xiaozhuzhuang Village.
From here, you need to take boats such as rubber boats and assault boats to enter the village.
In the morning, the transshipment work began.
Until lunch, the rescuers hurriedly ate a bite of rice delivered by the surrounding villagers, and then plunged into the rescue operation.
After four hours, the transfer task finally ended smoothly.
[Concurrent] Li Xu, member of the Veterans Rescue Team, Xinxiang City, Henan Province
The transfer task was successfully completed, but we will continue to deliver medical supplies and food to the nursing home, so that the elderly can eat warm meals, so I will remember this rescue mission for a lifetime.
[Concurrent] Zhang Guoli, member of the Volunteer Rescue Team of Nanshi Veterans, Foshan City, Guangdong Province
Today, I saw that every old man who was rescued felt particularly at ease. They were able to get this kind of treatment and send them to a safe place. In fact, they were very at ease in their hearts.
[Explanation] According to reports, except for the eight elderly people who were transferred that day, the other elderly people are still temporarily living in nursing homes.
The living supplies sent by rescue forces from all walks of life can now guarantee the daily diet of the elderly.
[Concurrent] Wei Xuan, Dean of Xiangshan Nursing Home, Muye District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province
Water and food are very sufficient now. Now the medicines have been arriving one after another since last night, including some antiseptic items for the prevention of infectious diseases.
In other words, today there are also a batch of nursing pads and diapers for the elderly.
Basically, our material reserves are relatively sufficient.
[Explanation] Since the heavy rain in Henan, Wei Xuan, the dean of the nursing home, has been hanging on his heart.
Although the transfer work on the day ended smoothly, thinking of the scene a few days ago, he said that he is still afraid of it.
At 17:40 on the 22nd, the Xinxiang Communism Canal flooded into the Wei River, and the flood drained along the Wei River. The water level in the Xiangshan Nursing Home rose straight.
[Concurrent] Wei Xuan, Dean of Xiangshan Nursing Home, Muye District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province
It was originally the water drained from our yard, and it began to pour into the yard. At that time, we became a little nervous.
We quickly evacuated all the old people on the first floor to the second floor.
At that time, there were probably more than 20 elderly people who were completely bedridden on the first floor. All of them were carried by us on a stretcher. There were about four or five gay men.
After all the elderly were transferred, it was probably 12 o'clock in the evening after they were settled.
[Explanation] The 36-year-old dean burst into tears when talking about the continuous influx of rescue forces from all walks of life into this nursing home from the tremendous pressure of the past few days.
[Concurrent] Wei Xuan, Dean of Xiangshan Nursing Home, Muye District, Xinxiang City, Henan Province
Because at the beginning, our rescue road has not been opened up, everyone is groping here.
The rescue boat may not dare to come in rashly. It was all my own swimming out. Maybe the pressure was a bit high at the time, and I was a little bit (fearful) at the time.
But later, I saw so many people come to help us, which really moved us and gave me a lot of strength.
I said, people will come to help us within a few thousand miles...
Reporter Xu Pengpeng reports from Xinxiang, Henan
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]