Beijing 999 makes first intl air transfer  

北京红十字会999急救中心启动首次国际空中转运

今日凌晨5时许，北京市红十字会999急救中心启动首次跨越中、韩、美的国际全程无缝式空中医疗转运。伤者是一位70岁的美国犹他大学教授，7月9日从林芝前往拉萨途中遇车祸，致使全身多处内伤并骨折，转往北京入住协和医院治疗后病情稳定，应家属要求，需要尽快转运回美国接受后续治疗。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Beijing Red Cross Emergency Center (999) made its first international air transfer at around 5 o'clock on Monday morning, according to bjnews.com.cn.

A 999 helicopter transported a 70-year-old American professor from Utah University from the Miyun Airport in Beijing to Tianjin, then to a 999 medical plane to Seoul. An American emergency plane waiting there will transfer him to Utah for further treatment.

This is the first seamless international transfer that spanned China, the Republic of Korea and the United States.

The old professor suffered a traffic accident on the way from Nyingchi to Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on July 4, resulting in internal injuries and fractures.

He was later treated at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. At the request of his relatives, he was sent back to US for follow-up treatment.