On December 30, 2019, Affin received a virus test report for patients with unknown pneumonia. She circled the word "SARS coronavirus" in red. When asked by a college student, she took the report and circulated it. To this fellow student who is also a doctor. That night, the report spread to doctor circles in Wuhan, and those who forwarded the report included the eight doctors who were disciplined by the police.
This caused trouble for Affin. As the source of the transmission, she was interviewed by the hospital disciplinary committee and suffered "unprecedented and severe rebuke", saying that she was making rumors as a professional.
According to some previous reports, Affin was called "another female doctor who has been instructed to surface," and some people called her a "whistleblower". It was the "whistler".
This is the second report of "People" March cover "Doctor Wuhan".
Whistler-Riptide
A text message from Affin, the director of the emergency department of Wuhan Central Hospital, agreed to be interviewed at 5 am on March 1, and about half an hour later, at 5.32 am on March 1, her colleague and director of thyroid and breast surgery Jiang Xueqing was infected with New crown pneumonia died. Two days later, Mei Zhongming, deputy director of ophthalmology at the hospital, died. He and Li Wenliang were in the same department.
As of March 9, 2020, 4 medical staff in the Wuhan Central Hospital have died of new crown pneumonia infection. Since the outbreak, this hospital, just a few kilometers away from the South China Seafood Market, has become the hospital with the largest number of employees in Wuhan. One, according to media reports, more than 200 people in the hospital were infected, including three deputy deans and multiple functional department directors. Multiple department directors are currently maintained with ECMO.
The shadow of death hangs over this Wuhan's largest tertiary hospital. A doctor told People in the large group of hospitals that almost no one spoke, but mourned and discussed in private.
Tragedy had a chance to avoid. On December 30, 2019, Affin received a virus test report for patients with unknown pneumonia. She circled the word "SARS coronavirus" in red. When asked by a college student, she took the report and circulated it. To this fellow student who is also a doctor. That night, the report spread to doctor circles in Wuhan, and those who forwarded the report included the eight doctors who were disciplined by the police.
This caused trouble for Affin. As the source of the transmission, she was interviewed by the hospital disciplinary committee and suffered "unprecedented and severe rebuke", saying that she was making rumors as a professional.
In the afternoon of March 2nd, Affin received an interview with People in the Nanjing Road District of Wuhan Central Hospital. She was sitting alone in the emergency room office. The emergency department, which had admitted more than 1,500 patients a day, had returned to quiet. There was only one tramp lying in the emergency hall.
According to some previous reports, Affin was called "another female doctor who has been instructed to surface," and some people called her a "whistleblower". It was the "whistler". During the interview, Affin mentioned the word "regret" several times, and she regretted that she did not continue to whistle after being interviewed. Especially for the deceased colleague, "I knew today that I would criticize him for not criticizing," Lao Tzu "Everywhere, right?"
About Wuhan Central Hospital and Affin what have they experienced in the past two months or so? The following is what Affin told—
Whistler-Riptide
Affin
Unprecedented reprimand