Six bodies from the morgue and expensive

Staff and patients from central China were inches away from being buried alive when the hospital they were in was demolished with them still inside.

Six bodies from the morgue were also submerged when a bulldozer hit the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou in Henan Province early this morning, reports The People’s Daily Online.

Doctors working at the hospital were injured when they tried to stop the demolition on Jiangshan Road, which is reportedly under land eviction for a government project expanding the road.

Buried alive: Staff and patients almost buried alive when men in camouflage came and destroyed the hospital

Demolished: One of the doctors from the hospital in Zhengzhou points at the demolished building today

Ruined: Thousands of pounds worth of equipment was damaged when bulldozers destroyed the hospital

Staff and patients were in the radiology department when the destruction began, they had to run for their lives.

The force of the demolition damaged a digital gastrointestinal machine in the hospital which is said to be worth four million Yuan (£418,603).

According to Shanghai Daily, around 30 people wearing camouflaged suits rushed to the building at 9.20am local time (1.20am GMT) and began destroying the hospital.

Unlivable: The hospital in central China is now closed after the extent of the damage caused by bulldozers

Bulldozed: The force of the demolition damaged an expensive digital gastrointestinal machine in the hospital

Destruction: A demolition team went to the hospital today and began knocking it down with people still inside

A press officer at the hospital told a local reporter that many of the patients were receiving radiology inspections when the bulldozer first hit.

While some of the doctors were trying to stop the destruction of the hospital, others tried desperately tried to save the equipment.

It is claimed in the report that the Hospital refused to be relocated to give way to the road expansion project.

Police reportedly rushed to the scene at the time of the incident which is now under investigation.

The hospital is now closed until further notice due to severe damage.

The local government is yet to release any statements in response to the incident.

Burying the dead: Six bodies from the morgue were also submerged when a bulldozer hit the hospital