Recently, a 20-year-old woman named Ms. Lin from Jiangsu Province appeared to have severe altitude sickness in the area of Daofu County, Ganzi, Sichuan Province. Her travel companion left her alone after handing her over to others, and she was rescued from the mountain and taken to the hospital in a coma, possibly facing the risk of becoming vegetative. Netizens claimed that the woman was abandoned by her travel companion, and her family stated that they will consider whether to hold them accountable.
On October 2nd, at an altitude of 4700 meters near Zhuoyong Lake mouth in Dandong Town, Daofu County, Sichuan Province, Jiangsu woman Ms. Lin suffered from altitude sickness and hypothermia. Passersby, tourists, and local medical staff cooperated in the rescue operation and transported Ms. Lin down the mountain to the hospital.
This incident has sparked public attention online, with netizens alleging that Ms. Lin was abandoned by her travel partner.
In response, Ms. Wu, the mother of Ms. Lin, told Chengdu Business Daily that her daughter had met two men and a woman at a youth hostel for a hiking trip. “One of the hikers, a boy, brought my daughter’s ID card yesterday,” she said. “We had a few words, I mentioned the seriousness of my daughter’s condition, and he sighed and said, ‘Aunt, I’m really sorry.'”
Ms. Wu mentioned that whether her daughter was abandoned by her “travel buddy” would depend on the information found on her daughter’s phone. “Right now, our priority is to save our daughter, and then we will consider whether to hold them accountable.”
On October 11th, Mr. Lin, the father of Ms. Lin, told Dahe Daily that his daughter is still in the ICU ward of Huaxi Hospital in Chengdu and has not regained consciousness. The hospital has issued a “critical condition notice.”
Mr. Lin mentioned that his daughter had undergone one surgery, but there was no improvement. She is now preparing for a second surgery, with doctors saying that she is “likely not to wake up and may become vegetative.”
He introduced that his daughter had just graduated from university this year and was working in Changzhou before the incident. She traveled from Jiangsu to Ganzi this time, informing her mother on the first day of the National Day holiday that she was in Sichuan.
Mr. Lin stated that his daughter “met the other three companions through the internet” for trekking. A 16-year-old youth from Jiangsu mentioned that when he encountered Ms. Lin on the way with his master, she had already shown symptoms of altitude sickness. At that time, the male companion she was with asked him for help to “temporarily take care of her” and then left.
Following that, the 16-year-old youth from Jiangsu helped Ms. Lin down the mountain. Her condition worsened on the way, eventually requiring her to be rescued and taken to the hospital.
Regarding whether Ms. Lin’s companions should be held accountable, lawyer Li Peng from Kunheng Law Firm in Henan stated that if the woman and her chance companions were not under any contract or economic benefit with each other, the victim should bear the main responsibility. If the companions have significant negligence, they should bear some degree of secondary compensation responsibility.