Chinese Medic Uses Ancient Techniques To Treat Sick Kids On 11-Hour Flight

A CHINESE doctor flying to Scotland to start a job has been hailed a hero for treating kids struck down with food poisoning during the flight.

Dr Wendong Qin, from Shandong province, came to the rescue using traditional Chinese medical techniques when the pupils were struck down during the 11-hour Air China flight from Beijing to Heathrow.

He used acupuncture pressure points and gave massages to relieve their stomach cramps, headaches and shock when half the party of 25 kids from the London secondary were violently sick.

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The worst-hit pupils were severely dehydrated and went into shock on board.

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Dr Qin, who lives in Arbroath, said: "The aircraft did not have the necessary medicines so I used traditional Chinese methods, including acupuncture.

A party comprising 25 senior pupils from the Bishop Challoner School in south-east London were returning from a nine-day school trip of a lifetime when a number of them started to vomit after being affected by a suspected case of food poisoning picked up in their last meal in their hotel in Bejing.

Concern mounted when the worst affected individuals became severely dehydrated and went into shock part way through the 11-hour flight.

Dr Qin immediately responded to a call for medical assistance from the pilot and was able to use his expertise in the ancient art of Chinese medicine to relieve the symptoms that the teenagers were suffering from.

He spent much of the flight using acupuncture pressure points and giving massages to the pupils that relieved their stomach cramps, headaches and shock.

The crew area at the back of the Boeing 747 was turned into a field hospital as more and more of the group became ill.