At 11:40 on May 21 in Jiuji Town in Hubei Province, a man surnamed Dai noticed a crashed motorcycle on the road with a man and two women lying on ground covered in blood. Dai immediately dialed the ambulance phone number (120), though was unexpectedmet with a 60-second advert instead, after which the call automatically disconnected.

Trying again, Dai was then met with another advert, this time lasting 20 seconds, when finally an emergency services employee answered his call. After informing the employee about the accident and being told that an ambulance was on its way, Dai asked, “120 is the ambulance line, why were there adverts playing!?” before hanging up angrily.

After the story broke, a reporterpaid a visitthe area to check it out. And sure enough, when the dialing 120, shewas welcomed by the sound of adverts selling meals and iPhones, each of which lasted around a minute.
On May 22, the local Nanzhang People’s Hospital announced that apparently a “telecom upgrade” had occurred on May 16, which for some inexplicable reason ran voice adverts on calls to the local 120 number. The hospital claimsnot to have any prior knowledge of this, though by 15:00 on May 21 the adverts had been removed from the line.

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