鈥楲ove and hope stronger than virus鈥
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More Shanghai medics will head home from Wuhan, the city badly hit by the novel coronavirus in Hubei Province, today.
Shanghai鈥檚 Huashan Hospital has sent 273 medical workers in four batches to Wuhan since Chinese Lunar New Year鈥檚 Eve on January 24. Over two months, they鈥檝e been fighting the coronavirus on the front line in Jinyintan Hospital, the Wuhan Third Hospital, the Wuchang temporary hospital converted from Hongshan Stadium and the Guanggu branch of Wuhan Tongji Hospital.
To date, only 24 have returned to Shanghai. The others will return today as the last ICU ward operated by Huashan was emptied yesterday as the patients were discharged or transferred.
鈥淲e can tell our families that we had put up a desperate fight here,鈥 said Ma Xin, vice president of the hospital.
The medics in Shanghai and Wuhan have formed deep friendships.
A letter written by Renmin Hospital of the Wuhan University states: 鈥淵ou resolutely put on your white coats of armor, left your homeland and joined hands with us in the anti-virus fight. We pay the highest respect and sincerest thanks to you and your families.鈥
Hundreds of medics from 10 cities and provinces, including Huashan and Renmin, have together run the Wuchang temporary hospital for 35 days, receiving 1,124 patients. It closed on March 10 after the last batch of 49 patients were discharged.
鈥淲orking night and day and seizing every second, you spared no effort to save and treat patients and you鈥檝e done such a great job, reporting no death and no infected cases of medics,鈥 the letter read. 鈥淎fter the 鈥榳inter鈥 ends, we invite you to visit Wuhan.鈥
In a letter in reply, Huashan expressed gratitude: 鈥淟ove and hope always spread faster than a virus. We hope our friendship will last long.鈥
Outside the Guanggu branch of the Wuhan Tongji Hospital, 17 cherry trees have been planted, which represent the 17 medical teams.
On February 10, Huashan took over the 30 beds in the hospital鈥檚 ICU wards, the most dangerous place with the most severe patients.
They had been in highly stressful conditions.
Today, 34 medics from Shanghai鈥檚 Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine will also return to Shanghai.
They鈥檝e been working in Jinyintan Hospital and Leishenshan Hospital for over two months.
During the anti-virus fight, TCM has emerged as a powerful weapon. Official statistics show more than 90 percent of novel coronavirus patients in China are treated with TCM.
Medics from Yueyang initiated the 鈥淪hanghai Leishen No. 1 treatment plan鈥 and used herbs, acupuncture, moxibustion and acupoint plaster application on patients.
Nurse Zhang Yan remembered the day when they arrived in Wuhan. 鈥淪now covered roads. It was dark and silent,鈥 she said.
She added: 鈥淣ow, cars are running again on the roads and buildings are lit up at nights. I guess patients recovered from the infection are returning home. Trees are sprouting and 鈥榮pring of the anti-virus fight鈥 is much in the air.鈥
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