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Zhang Jichao, a nurse from Shibei Hospital, again failed to keep her word.
In January 2020, she had promised to return to her hometown in Shandong Province to celebrate her grandfather’s 80th birthday, but she cancelled her plan due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
She cut her newly-curled hair and returned her train ticket. She sweet-talked her grandfather to let her stay in Shanghai during the Spring Festival holiday and she promised to come home next Spring Festival to celebrate her grandparent’s golden wedding anniversary.
However, recent coronavirus flare-ups forced her to draw back from what she promised. She felt so sorry for her family, but at the same time, she thought it was her duty.
She remembered receiving a patient who had a high fever after returning from Wuhan on the first day of Spring Festival last year.
In a panic, the man couldn’t fall asleep and she accompanied him to ease his tension. The next day, his fever disappeared and he was tested negative.
“He was so excited and thanked me. He said: ‘It’s so good to live healthy. Nurses are great. You didn’t isolate me alone. Instead you gave me so much care!’ I was proud of myself,” she said.
Unable to reunite with her family for the second successive year, Zhang has so many wishes.
“I hope pandemic will end soon, everyone reunites with their families and my son grows up healthy,” she said.
“Especially, I hope my grandparents can live long and I can fulfill my promise.”
Like Zhang, doctor Wang Chenxin from Jing’an Dental Clinic also opted to stay in Shanghai during the Spring Festival holiday.
Before 2020, Wang, from Xiangyang City in Hubei Province, reunited with her family every Spring Festival.
Last year, she bought a train ticket and packed her luggage very early.
However, seeing the pandemic getting worse in Hubei, she became irresolute. But she didn’t hesitate long and she made up her mind to stay.
“If I returned to Hubei, I could have been trapped at home and couldn’t go back to Shanghai to see my patients,” she said.
This year, again, she spent the holiday in separation from her family.
“I miss them so much. But in the fight against the virus, everyone should take responsibility and indeed I’ve seen it in everyone,” she said.
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