Members of an Italian medical team prepare medical equipmets in a tent at Xiaode Township in quake-hit Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 23, 2008. On their arrival on Friday morning, the 25-strong Italian medical team set up a mobile hospital consisting of five tents equipped with generators and a full set of equipment necessary for sophisticated surgery, the hospital could treat about 50 patients at a time.

A member of an Italian medical team helps set up tents at Xiaode Township in quake-hit Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 23, 2008. On their arrival on Friday morning, the 25-strong Italian medical team set up a mobile hospital consisting of five tents equipped with generators and a full set of equipment necessary for sophisticated surgery, the hospital could treat about 50 patients at a time.

Members of an Italian medical team set up tents at Xiaode Township in quake-hit Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 23, 2008. On their arrival on Friday morning, the 25-strong Italian medical team set up a mobile hospital consisting of five tents equipped with generators and a full set of equipment necessary for sophisticated surgery, the hospital could treat about 50 patients at a time.

(Xinhua News Agency May 24, 2008)