A middle school student seriously injured in a car accident was transferred from Inner Mongolia's provincial capital Hohhot to Beijing, a distance of around 500 kilometers, in only five and a half hours thanks to the joint efforts of medical staff, police, and the public.

According to a report by Xinhua News Agency, after a traffic accident on October 3, the 13-year-old patient was diagnosed with a severe head injury, a collapsed lung, and multiple fractures. After receiving treatment at a hospital in Hohhot, on Monday the decision was taken to transfer the teenager to Beijing.

On Monday evening, a notice was sent out about the medical transfer that included detailed information about the planned route. It called for drivers along the route to give way to the convoy carrying the seriously ill teenager. News about the trip quickly spread online, and the story was picked up and shared by several media organizations in China.

At around 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday, the convoy of three vehicles set off from Hohhot, accompanied by local police at various points along the way as they traveled from Inner Mongolia, through Hebei Province, and into Beijing. They arrived at Beijing Tiantan Hospital at around 10:36 a.m. – two and a half hours earlier than expected.

Upon arriving, the 13-year-old was immediately transferred into intensive care, where they are currently being treated. 

"Relevant treatment will be carried out after experts have finished assessing the patient's condition," said Zhang Dachun, a doctor with the Beijing Emergency Medical Center who accompanied the Hohhot-Beijing transfer.

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