1 . Hospitals in Southwest China’s Sichuan province for the first time used 5G technology for disaster medical rescue, after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit Changning county on 17 June, 2019. This is the world’s first case of applying 5G technology to disaster medical rescue.

According to the official Weibo account of Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, at 1:25 pm on 18 June, an ambulance equipped with a 5G emergency rescue system—the first of its kind in the country—carrying a medical team from Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital and engineers from China Mobile Sichuan Company and China Mobile (Chengdu) Industrial Research Institute assisting in the joint rescue efforts at Changning County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). At around 9:30 pm, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital launched a 5G real-time remote video consultation with its medical team on a patient admitted to Changning County Hospital of TCM for a suspected spleen rupture (脾脏破裂).

According to Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, the 5G emergency rescue system, which puts artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (增强现实), virtual reality and drone (无人机) applications together, allows a series of medical checks including blood tests, electrocardiograms and ultrasounds (心电图和超声波) to be given to patients right away. The information can then be transferred back to the hospital in real time, which greatly saves time in rescuing patients.

The rescue system also helped a 72-year-old patient who had his bone broken in the earthquake. According to report from Chinanews.com, a temporary ward supported by 5G technology was established at the epicenter of the disaster zone for consultation with doctors from Chengdu, as the aged patient had a previous history of high blood pressure and cerebral infarction (脑梗塞), which made him more careful treatment.

“The 5G-based network thoroughly solved the problems of poor definition and distortion (失真) of images, as well as interrupted signal transmissions,” said Li Wei, director of the emergency center of Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital.

1. Who did the disaster medical rescue with 5G technology?

A．Doctors and engineers.	B．Firefighters and soldiers.
C．Earthquake professionals.	D．5G rescue system’s inventors.

2. What is the advantage of the 5G emergency rescue system?

A．Spending less time in rescuing patients.	B．Treating all patients without any doctors.
C．Using an advanced technology.	D．Promoting the accuracy of medical diagnosis.

3. Why did the aged patient need more careful treatment?

A．He was too old to be cured.	B．He had diseases of old age.
C．He had the worst injury to his legs.	D．He didn’t follow doctors’ advice.

4. What is the text talking about?

A．A deadly earthquake in China.

B．5G technology first used in disaster medical rescue.

C．Ways of applying 5G technology to medicine.

D．The first 5G emergency rescue system.