Chinese doctor is hailed as a hero after giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a collapsed stranger during coronavirus outbreak
- Dr Luo was nearby when a man had a sudden heart attack in a shop in China
- He took off his face mask to give first aid despite the coronavirus epidemic
- The man’s heartbeats resumed after minutes but he died in a hospital later
- City authorities around China have demanded citizens wear masks while out
- Coronavirus has killed at least 2,771 people and infected more than 81,300
A Chinese doctor has been captured on camera performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a fainted pensioner in a shop amid the epidemic of coronavirus.
The medic, Dr Luo Xianke, promptly took off his face mask to carry out the procedures after a man in his 80s suddenly had a heart attack in Zhengzhou, Henan Province of central China.
Dr Luo told the press he didn’t think about the potential risk of catching coronavirus.
A Chinese doctor has been captured on camera performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a fainted pensioner in a shop in central China, despite the potential risk of catching coronavirus
The medic, Dr Luo Xianke, promptly took off his face mask to carry out the first aid procedures after a man in his 80s suddenly had a heart attack in a supermarket in Zhengzhou, Henan
‘It was too urgent. The only thing I was thinking was to act faster and faster,’ the off-duty medic told Chinese news outlet Dahe Newspaper.
Dr Luo was running errands near the supermarket when he heard someone shouting: ‘A man just passed out in the store!’
The medical worker immediately rushed to the shop where the unconscious elderly man was lying on the floor.
Dr Luo said he didn’t think about the potential risk of catching coronavirus when he was interviewed later. The picture shows him performing the resuscitation to the collapsed man
The doctor took off his face mask to give the stranger emergency treatment without hesitation when he noticed the man was losing life symptoms.
The emergency services arrived on the scene shortly after he carried out the first aid procedures.
The elderly man was rushed to hospital after his heartbeats resumed 15 minutes later.
Due to the increasing demand of face masks, people in China have been scrambling to get hold of them. People are pictured waiting outside a pharmacy in China to purchase face masks
The public is advised to wear face masks as a basic measure to prevent the coronavirus. The picture shows a Chinese pharmacy in Milan displaying a sign ‘mask sold out’ on its window
The pensioner was pronounced dead by doctors in the hospital after all rescue efforts failed.
Dr Luo has been hailed as a hero after the video, filmed by another customer in the shop, was shared on Chinese social media.
One comment said: ‘How admirable. Doctors like this are a country’s treasures.’
Another one read: ‘He is a hero among us.’
People are pictured wearing protective masks walking through a market in Hong Kong
City authorities around China have demanded citizens wear masks while out as a basic measure to prevent coronavirus.
Since the deadly virus spawned in Wuhan late last year, it has killed at least 2,771 people and infected more than 81,300.
Dozens of countries are now battling outbreaks, with South Korea, Italy, Japan and Iran among the worst-affected.
City authorities around China have demanded citizens wear masks while out as a basic measure to prevent coronavirus. The picture shows people travelling on the train in Shanghai
Workers are seen spraying disinfectant as a preventative measure against the coronavirus