Shanghai Daily news

A 15-member medical rescue team from Shanghai moved yesterday morning to Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand, to provide free treatment for the injured and sick.
It was the fifth day they have served in tsunami-stricken areas. They will cooperate with hospitals in Patong.
The team, comprised of 14 men and one women, is well-trained and experienced with disease control and first aid. Nine members are from local disease prevention and control centers while the other six are from either Zhongshan Hospital or Shanghai No. 6 People's Hospital.
They were stationed at a refugee shelter in Kurabury County, Phuket, for the first four days. They worked about 12 hours per day.
"More than 1,000 people gathered in the shelter, rebuilt from three temples. We conducted careful examinations and guided health facilities to process water, food and waste. We also helped collect DNA samples from bodies for identification later," said Dr Leng Peien, from Shanghai Disease Prevention and Control Center. "With temperatures as high as 35 degrees Celsius, as well as dirty water and mosquitoes, it is urgent to prevent infectious diseases like malaria and dengue fever."
Zheng jili is the only woman on the team and also the youngest. The nurse from the surgery department at Zhongshan Hospital, said the smell of decomposing bodies has been the toughest challenge to overcome.
"I wear two masks every day and the smell still made me sick," the 26-year-old said. "But, I still cherish this experience. It has taught me so much."
As china's first medical team to reach the disaster areas, they left Shanghai for Phuket on Sunday morning. The team will remain stationed in Patong for an undetermined length of time.