Chinese Doctors Brave Earthquake During Brain Surgery

In the midst of a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, a team of doctors at Xinjiang Alar Hospital continued with a brain surgery. The earthquake, centered in the Wushi district near the Kyrgyzstan border, shook the operating room. Brain Surgeon An Shufang revealed that they performed an emergency craniotomy on a critically ill patient during the quake, maintaining focus on completing the surgery despite the strong tremors. The patient is now stable, undergoing further treatment in intensive care. The entire incident was captured on the operating room’s security camera.