On January 7, after an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Dingri County, Shigatse, Tibet, West China Hospital of Sichuan University quickly drew up an emergency medical rescue team from the China International Emergency Medical Team/National Health Emergency Mobile Medical Treatment Center to set up an emergency medical rescue team and set out at 14:00 p.m. on the same day to assist Tibet to guide and treat the victims of the earthquake. Earlier, at around 12 noon, medical experts from West China Hospital of Sichuan University who were initially stationed in Lhasa, Tibet, had already taken a mobile CT vehicle to the hometown of the mayor of Dingri County in Shigatse City, Tibet to participate in a medical rescue mission.

On January 7, after an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Dingri County, Shigatse, Tibet, West China Hospital of Sichuan University quickly drew up an emergency medical rescue team from the China International Emergency Medical Team/National Health Emergency Mobile Medical Treatment Center to set up an emergency medical rescue team and set out at 14:00 p.m. on the same day to assist Tibet to guide and treat the victims of the earthquake. Earlier, at around 12 noon, medical experts from West China Hospital of Sichuan University who were initially stationed in Lhasa, Tibet, had already taken a mobile CT vehicle to the hometown of the mayor of Dingri County in Shigatse City, Tibet to participate in a medical rescue mission.