Staff members at Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing stick to posts-Xinhua

At 2:57 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2026: medical staff transfer a patient who has just undergone a surgery to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

As a national-level emergency center which integrates Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine, the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital was founded over 40 years ago. Generations of medical practitioners have carried forward the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine while keeping pace with modern emergency rescue. They are not only proficient in using advanced emergency equipment such as Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) and ultrasound diagnostic instruments to rescue critically ill patients, but also provide patients with precise and effective characteristic diagnosis and treatment, featuring over 30 hospital-agreed prescriptions and more than 20 external treatment methods of Traditional Chinese Medicine. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)

At 0:03 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2026: a nurse patrols the wards in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 11:18 a.m. on Feb. 12, 2026: a nurse treats a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 10:16 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2026: senior doctor Qi Wensheng (C) checks the condition of a patient in a ward in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 3:10 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2026: a nurse cares for critically ill patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Emergency Department in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 3:05 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2026: the on-duty nurses in the intensive care unit (ICU) receive a postoperative patient in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 5:20 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2026: a nurse draws blood from a patient in a ward in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 9:14 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2026: doctor Li Qiong provides acupuncture treatment to an inpatient in the Emergency Department in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 5:59 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2026: nurses hand over the shift in a resuscitation room of the Emergency Department in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 8:31 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2026: senior doctor Qi Wensheng (2nd R) checks the condition of a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 7:42 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2026: doctor Li Qiong treats a patient in the Emergency Department in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 8:27 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2026: a doctor provides acupuncture treatment to a patient in the Emergency Department in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 1:46 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2026: staff members transfer a patient from an observation room to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 7:04 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2026: two doctors celebrate their birthday with colleagues at an on-call room of the Emergency Department in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 9:37 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2026: nurses measure the blood pressure of a patient at the emergency hall in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 12:15 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2026: first-aid personnel transfer a patient in the emergency hall of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 12:31 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2026: staff members celebrate the birthday of a nonagenarian patient in an emergency observation room of the Emergency Department in Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 11:39 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2026: a nurse patrols a ward and checks the condition of patients in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.

At 5:11 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2026: senior doctor Qi Wensheng explains and teaches classical prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. With the Spring Festival just around the corner, the staff members at the Emergency Department of Guang'anmen Hospital remain on duty around the clock. Racing against time, they are fully committed to protect the health of patients.