The old man entered the hospital with his bitten arm swollen and black. The nurse administered an injection of anti-venom serum to the old man.
On July 11 at 15:00, Hu Shunsheng, a 76-year-old resident of Shuangfeng in Loudi, was bitten by a cobra. However, due to the lack of cobra venom serum at a nearby hospital, it wasn't until around 18:30 that Hu Shunsheng's family decided to rush him to Changsha for treatment. By this time, three and a half hours had passed since the old man was bitten by the Cobra. In such an emergency situation, someone on a lath called the emergency hotline of Hunan Traffic Channel News, asking if they could help them via video: A seventy-year-old man was bitten by a snake, and the traffic channel offered love escort. Source: Hunan Mobile TV hotlink to provide hospitals that can offer cobra serum. Upon learning the news, Hunan Traffic Channel immediately launched a special program. On one hand, they broadcasted through the waves for the afflicted to seek traffic assistance in Changsha, contacting the mentioned hospitals urgently to acquire life-saving serum, while hundreds of listeners called in with offers of love, staging a touching large relay of love.
In the emergency broadcast about Mr. Hu Shunsheng, including hospitals, biologic companies, renowned professors, and admiring audiences, nearly a hundred people have been calling the news hotline to provide advice or support channels. At the same time, Hunan Traffic Channel has issued official microblogging help information on Sina Weibo: "Seeking urgent help: At three in the afternoon, a 76-year-old male from Bimodal has been bitten by a Cobra, and is now being sent to Changsha. However, due to the lack of cobra serum in many hospitals, patients cannot be treated. If any hospital has cobra serum, or if any audience member has this advice, please immediately contact Hunan Traffic Channel."
Tel: 96218, 85521111. This arrangement excited Internet users, and within just a few minutes, there were thousands of Sina Weibo forwards of this bulletin. The fate of the elderly man from Shuangfeng, Hunan, suddenly became the focus of the audience on the traffic channel.
Tao Yin, the agent administrator of the Department of Pharmacy at Xiangya Hospital, called the hotline last night as one of the admirers. She said on the hotline that the Xiangya Hospital library preserves viper snake serum clearance, which can be used as a temporary aid for cobra bites. Yinzhu Ren also mentioned that the old man can be admitted to Xiangya Hospital, where relevant doctors have made appropriate preparations and are only waiting for the patient's arrival.
At 20:40, the old man was riding in the ambulance approaching Changsha. Hunan Traffic Channel immediately dispatched reporters to the Changtan West Expressway Exit to wait and successfully received the ambulance. Then, they escorted the ambulance to Xiangya Hospital. Meanwhile, our reporters rushed to Xiangya Hospital via another route and welcomed this ambulance.
Mr. Hu Shunsheng was taken to Xiangya Hospital, where the emergency department doctor promptly injected him with anti-venom serum and initiated detailed treatment. After half an hour of emergency care, the aged man was out of crisis, and if stable, he would be sent to the observation room today. Since Hu Shunsheng has temporarily come out of crisis, his family felt relieved. Chen Jianping, Hu Shunsheng’s son, expressed gratitude to all concerned people who helped the elderly man.
Reporters learned from Xiangya Hospital that compared to last year, the number of patients sent for treatment due to snake bites has increased rapidly, especially in summer, with an average of 10 snake bite patients seeking treatment daily. Doctor Zhang Mu reminded that if someone has been bitten by a snake, especially if the injury swells severely and is accompanied by blurred vision and other symptoms, they should promptly go to the hospital for treatment. (Hunan Traffic Channel Express & News reporter Xiang Xuan, Sun Xia, Yao Lihong, Cai Hong)