In Pics: People in Tanzania mourn Chinese doctor Zhang Junqiao who died saving drowning woman -Xinhua
In Pics: People in Tanzania mourn Chinese doctor Zhang Junqiao who died saving drowning woman
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-06-23 18:01:15
Zhang Junqiao (L) rescues a drowning woman off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 15, 2025. (Xinhua)
DAR ES SALAAM, June 23 (Xinhua) -- On Friday morning, more than 300 people gathered in solemn silence at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, standing side by side to bid farewell to Zhang Junqiao, the leader of the 27th Chinese medical team in Tanzania, who lost his life while saving a drowning person.
Zhang died on June 15, Father's Day, while rescuing a drowning woman off the coast of Dar es Salaam. Witness photos showed him holding her above water and helping her into a life jacket before disappearing beneath the waves. Despite colleagues' efforts to save him, Zhang could not be revived.
Zhang Junqiao's wife (C, front) and his brother, Zhang Haiqiao (L, front), bid farewell to Zhang Junqiao, the leader of the 27th Chinese medical team in Tanzania who lost his life while rescuing a drowning woman, at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on June 20, 2025. (Xinhua)This photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows people attending a farewell ceremony of Zhang Junqiao, the leader of the 27th Chinese medical team in Tanzania who lost his life while rescuing a drowning woman, at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Xinhua)Zhang Junqiao (C) provides a training session on ultrasound-guided regional nerve block anesthesia to local anesthesiology healthcare professionals and students, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 25, 2025. (The 27th batch of the Chinese medical team in Tanzania/Handout via Xinhua)Zhang Junqiao (R) works in a surgery at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 21, 2025. (Xinhua)Zhang Junqiao (2nd L) demonstrates cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Emmanuel Herman)Zhang Junqiao poses for a photo with a local child at a free medical consultation event on Pemba Island, Tanzania, Dec. 8, 2024. (Xinhua)Zhang Junqiao poses for a photo at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 18, 2025. (Xinhua)People bid farewell to Zhang Junqiao, the leader of the 27th Chinese medical team in Tanzania, at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 20, 2025. (Xinhua)People bid farewell to Zhang Junqiao, the leader of the 27th Chinese medical team in Tanzania, at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 20, 2025. (Xinhua)
