What was Zhang Dingyu's acceptance speech when he won the National Medal of Honor?

"Saving lives is a doctor's bounden duty. I am very excited and calm when I receive this honor."

The national commendation meeting for fighting COVID-19 epidemic was held in the Great Hall of the People on September 8th, 22. As a patient with gradual freezing disease, Zhang Dingyu took root in the front line of medical care. During the epidemic, he did not hesitate, rushed ahead, saved lives, and made great contributions to winning the defense wars in Hubei and Wuhan, and won the honorary title of "People's Hero".

On December 29th, 219, after the first batch of 7 patients with unexplained pneumonia were admitted, Zhang Dingyu immediately set up an isolation ward, took the lead in collecting samples for virus detection, and organized and mobilized body donation, which won time for confirming Covid-19 and created conditions for carrying out pathological research in COVID-19.

In Zhang Dingyu's mind, the national honorary title of "people's hero" is not awarded to him personally, but to all grassroots medical workers at the forefront of fighting the epidemic, which is a collective praise for them.

Go out with the team

In November p>1997, Zhang Dingyu responded to the call of the country and went out with the China medical team to help Algeria. On New Year's Eve of 211, Zhang Dingyu, as the first MSF doctor in Hubei, spent an unusual year of China in Timagara Hospital in northwest Pakistan. Early that morning, he was awakened by a ringing telephone. A pregnant woman with uterine rupture and bleeding needs emergency rescue.

Rush to the operating room, do anesthesia and stabilize the patient's blood circulation. In less than 3 minutes, a baby boy was born. Then, the second caesarean section patient was transferred to the operating table, and Zhang Dingyu urgently gave the lying-in position to make spinal anesthesia. After anesthesia, rapid infusion, more than 2 minutes, a new life was born. Look at the watch, it's 4: 15 in the morning.

After changing into work clothes, another parturient had placental abruption and bleeding, and needed an emergency caesarean section. Transfusion, oxygen supply, anesthesia, operation. The fetus finally came out, but there was no heartbeat. Heart compression, suction, tracheal intubation and oxygen supply, after a busy time, the baby's crying sounded again in the operating room.