Wenzhou policeman gets sick saving girl from polluted river
Doctors diagnosed him as having a severe infection of the lungs, most likely contracted from the bacteria-infested river.
A veteran policeman braved sewage and bile to rescue a girl from a river in Zhejiang, but he too ended being hospitalised - and heavily polluted water was to blame.
Later during the day, Zhang started coughing, vomiting and later suffered burning eyes, skin irritations and dizziness.
The 51-year-old police officer was admitted to the Third People’s Hospital a day later where doctors diagnosed him as having a severe infection of the lungs, most likely contracted from the bacteria-infested river.
Zhang, nicknamed “Muscles Zhang” for to his powerful physique, was hailed as a hero by the town for risking his life to save the girl.
