Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Patients-at-Hospital-in-China-27MZIFJXHPHPH.htmlConceptually similarGirls' Health Affected by Exposure to Heavy Metals in ChinaGP0STRBRQCompleted★★★★Girl's Health Affected by Exposure to Heavy Metals in ChinaGP0STRBRGCompleted★★★★Patients at Huayuan People's Hospital in ChinaGP0STRBRFCompleted★★★★Patient at Hospital in ChinaGP0STRBRECompleted★★★★Patient Waiting for Treatment at Hospital in ChinaGP0STRBRHCompleted★★★★Patient at Hospital in ChinaGP0STRBRDCompleted★★★★★★Resident's Health Affected by Exposure to Heavy Metals in ChinaGP0STRBRPCompleted★★★★Resident's Health Affected by Exposure to Heavy Metals in ChinaGP0STRBRKCompleted★★★★Resident's Health Affected by Exposure to Heavy Metals in ChinaGP0STRBRLCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STRBRCPatients at Hospital in ChinaCousins Shi Guizhen, 17 year old, and Wu Xiuhui, 19 year old, both suffering of chronic nephritis, a kidney disease, get treatment at Huayuan People's Hospital.Shi Guizhen, resident of Naguang village, Changle township in Huayuan county, began to feel sick on September 1, 2015. At the hospital she was diagnosed with renal failure and chronic nephritis. Her condition improved after getting hemodialysis. However, Shi Guizhen’s is no longer able to go to school and her only way to survive is getting hemodialysis three times a week. Shi Guizhen and Wu Xiuhui rent a house near the Huayuan People's Hospital, so that they can more easily get the treatments every other day. The average annual medical expenses for Shi Guizhen is more than 57,000 yuan, of which about 18,000 yuan she has to pay herself, the rest is reimbursed by medical insurance.Two decades of lead and zinc mining in the province has taken a major toll. Kidney failure is one of the health impacts that can be caused by exposure to heavy metals.In original language:两姐妹在医院住院花垣县长乐乡那光寨今年17岁的石贵珍，在2015年9月1日上午初三开学的第一天，全身无力，脸色发黄，呼吸困难。她请假到医院就诊，诊断结果为肾哀竭、慢性肾炎。当天进行血液透析后，情况好转。然而，只有每星期血液透析三次，石贵珍才能保住生命，同时，她也失去了上学机会。石贵珍今年19岁的表姐吴秀会也罹患此病，姐妹俩在花垣人民医院附近租房，以便隔日到医院进行血液透析。石贵珍的年均医疗费用57000多元，其中自费约18000元，剩余由医疗保险报销。石贵珍父亲于21岁时在锰矿打工煤气中毒而死，母亲改嫁。家有64岁奶奶和15岁妹妹，后者就读于民族中学。一家三口属于低保，今年7月份的低保补助提高至每人260元。石贵珍在社会各界人士的帮助下，坚持治疗。石贵珍表姐吴秀会今年19岁，吴秀会父亲于10年前在铅锌矿厂工作而死亡，其家属获赔23万元。吴秀会的医疗费用均由父亲的赔偿款支付。两姐妹对未来十分迷茫。Locations:Asia-China-East Asia-Huayuan County-HunanDate:22 Jul, 2017Credit:© Qiu Bo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5760px X 3840pxKeywords:Day-Girls-Health-Hospitals-Illness-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Metals-Pollution-Three people-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)-VictimsShoot:Impacts of Toxic Waste from Heavy Metal Mining on Local Population in Hunan Province, ChinaA documentation showing the severe health impacts of heavy metal mines on the local population in Hunan province. In May 2017, Greenpeace East Asia was informed about a case of severe soil pollution across five neighboring villages in Hunan Province, China. Hunan is China’s largest rice producer, but the province’s fertile rice paddies are interspersed with heavy metal mines, a combination that has led to dangerously high levels of soil pollution.Yet available information about the extent of soil pollution in Hunan is limited.Two decades of lead and zinc mining in these five villages has taken a major toll. The population of the villages, most of who are ethnically Miao, has experienced severe health impacts as a result of heavy metal exposure.Eighty to 90 percent of the population in these five villages has kidney stones, and, each year, an average of 40 additional patients suffer from uremia, a complication of chronic kidney disease. In 2014, blood lead levels of all but one child tested in the villages exceeded the national standard.In response, residents petitioned the local government and were seen blocking trucks heading to and from the mine to ask for compensation.Greenpeace East Asia tested soil samples from the area. For the majority of samples, cadmium, arsenic, lead and zinc exceeded the national standard. Rice samples also tested above the national standard for chromium and lead, and, in several cases, arsenic. A more detailed breakdown of the results is available.Related Collections:Lead and Zinc Mine Tailing Ponds Surrounding Villages in Hunan Province, China
