More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods

[Sanjeev]

According to local officials, 31 residents of an aged care facility on the outskirts of Beijing died last week due to flooding. Emergency personnel were seen on camera wading into chest-deep water in an attempt to free the people stranded in the Miyun District house.

According to reports, several of the deceased were immobile.

"Loopholes in emergency planning" were acknowledged by local officials, who also described the occurrence as "a wake-up call" and a harsh lesson.

The Beijing floods, which occurred during a period of severe weather throughout China, have claimed 44 lives.

Earlier this month, record heatwaves whipped around across the eastern parts of the country, while separate floods rose through the southwest.

 

[eLdavis]

I have been seeing a lot of news about floods happening in different places all over the world, our weather is becoming something else

 

[Sanjeev]

Yes, I also have been seeing lots of flooding in different countries causing destruction.

 

[Starmix]

Those aged people in the nursing home died miserably. They were not able to save their lives, being disabled and old. That was a horrible tragedy

 

[Sanjeev]

Those aged people in the nursing home died miserably. They were not able to save their lives, being disabled and old. That was a horrible tragedy

How could they be able to save their lives themselves as they were hospitalized due to some reasons.

 

[Starmix]

How could they be able to save their lives themselves as they were hospitalized due to some reasons.

They are in the nursing home, they are old and their childfen cannot attains to their needs. Some are healthy despite old but uncared by family.