After the June 4th crackdown, many Beijingers risked their lives to bring the injured to hospitals. Many of those who were brought to hospitals had already died by the time they arrived, or died despite being treated. Hospitals became historic sites; even as they saved lives, workers there were also witnesses to horror. That year, Chief Surgeon Jiang Yanyong of People's Liberation Army Hospital 301 publicly described what it was like trying to save the dying and the wounded. He has written to Chinese Communist Party leadership at least three times, calling on them to redress the injustices of June 4th. Early on, the Tian'anmen Mothers also compiled a "Diagram of Hospitals Where Those Murdered in the Massacre of June 4th Died".

We have collected the names of every hospital mentioned in reliable sources that, after the June 4th massacre, helped save people and witness events. We have listed them all in this map: People's Liberation Army General Hospital (301 Hospital); Beijing Cancer Hospital; Air Force General Hospital; Railroad General Hospital; Fuxing Hospital; Water Resources Hospital; Navy General Hospital; People's Hospital; Fuwai Hospital; Tongren Hospital; Xuanwu Hospital; Beijing #2 Hospital; Guang'anmen Chinese Medicine Hospital; Beijing Emergency Medical Center; Beijing Chaoyang Hospital; Beijing Children's Hospital; Beijing Anorectal Hospital (Beijing Erlong Road Hospital); Beijing Post & Telecommunications Hospital; Huguosi Hospital; Jishuitan Hospital; Peking University First Hospital; Peking Union Medical College Hospital; Beijing Hospital; Tongren Hospital; Beijing Friendship Hospital; Beijing Tiantan Hospital; Chuiyangliu Hosptial (Beijing Microinvasive Hospital).