China News Service Lanzhou, December 12 (Wang Muyu) The Gansu Provincial Earthquake Relief Headquarters held the third press conference in Jishishan County on the 21st, revealing that as of now, the county's water supply and gas supply have resumed normal supply, and the heating supply has been basically restored; The normal medical order in the county has been basically restored, and the problems of the people seeking medical treatment and purchasing medicine have been resolved.
At 12:18 on December 23, a 59.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province. So far, 2 people have been killed and 113 injured in Gansu. At present, the focus of earthquake relief work has shifted to the treatment of the wounded and the resettlement of the affected people.
According to the Gansu Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, as of 21 o'clock on the 6st, the housing and urban-rural development department organized engineering and technical experts to complete the preliminary investigation and assessment of kindergartens, schools and hospitals in Jishishan County, and completed the emergency assessment of all houses in 19 villages in Dahejia Town and Liuji Township, the two townships that were most severely affected; Individual damaged pipe networks are being repaired at an accelerated pace to restore normal heating throughout the county as soon as possible.
In order to solve the problems of daily medical treatment and medicine for the people in the earthquake area, Bai Yuping, deputy director of the Gansu Provincial Health Commission, said that the county's county and rural medical institutions should be opened as much as possible, and 19 medical treatment points and 1 mobile hospital should be added to meet the daily medical needs of the people in the disaster area. In addition to resuming the normal business of pharmacies, 10,2 boxes of medicines for colds, wounds, digestive tracts, hypertension and diabetes and other basic diseases were urgently distributed, all of which were distributed to the people.
"More than 50 mental health experts across the country will also be invited to conduct psychological crisis intervention and health consultation for people in need online to eliminate post-disaster psychological panic as soon as possible." Bai Yuping said. (ENDS)