On March 3, a GT reporter in Wuhan witnessed an ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) operation in Wuhan First Hospital, conducted by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital Medical Team. They successfully operated on a 70-year-old coronavirus patient in critical condition. The surgery took nearly 40 minutes. In the words of a doctor from the operation team, "As long as the patient's heartbeat and respiration are still there, we will not give up easily. " According to the Chinese Ministry of Industry on Wed, 67 ECMO machines were sent to Hubei to protect the lives of critically ill patients (Photos: Cui Meng/ GT)