These Nurses In China Stayed To Protect Newborn Babies When The Huge Myanmar Earthquake Struck
"All I could think of was that I must protect the baby in my arms," a nurse said.
After the magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, a video showing nurses protecting babies in a maternity center in China went viral.
Although the epicenter of the quake was in Myanmar, the tremors were also strongly felt in Yunnan Province, China.
CCTV footage from the Jingcheng Maternity Center showed one nurse gripping three baby cribs with both hands the moment the earthquake hit.
Another nurse, holding an infant, was knocked to the ground by the intense shaking but continued to soothe the baby in her arms.
One nurse, Xiong Jielan, said the earthquake struck so suddenly that there was no time to react, according to Chinese state media Xinhua.
"It was probably an instinctive reaction. All I could think of was that I must protect the baby in my arms," Xiong said.
Once the tremors subsided, all hospital staff were moved to a safe area, according to local media.
Many people were deeply moved by the video and shared their respect for the nurses' actions.
"While the baby may not remember this earthquake when they grow up, their body certainly felt the firm embrace during this moment of crisis," one person wrote on TikTok. .
"The action was instinctive, but the love behind it is sincere," another person wrote.
The death toll from the earthquake has now reached more than 2,000, with more than 3,900 injured, and more than 270 people missing.
The military government has declared a week-long mourning period starting from Monday, March 31.
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