Hailed as heroes in harm's way, over 40,000 healthcare workers in 100 plus medical teams converged in Hubei, the hardest hit province, from across the nation to support epidemic control. The success of Wuhan’s anti-epidemic battle is inseparable from the strenuous efforts made by the medical teams from around the country. More than 2800 doctors and nurses from east China’s Jiangsu Province played a vital role in containing the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei. Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation dispatched staff reporters to Hubei during the anti-epidemic days to record the unforgettable moments in a TV documentary that was released Tuesday in Nanjing.
The TV documentary was aired Tuesday afternoon at Nanjing Medical University.
Lu Xiang, deputy general commander of the Jiangsu Headquarters for Pairing-up Assistance in Hubei for Epidemic Control, shared his story with the audience.
Zhao Wei, head of the Jiangsu medical team in Huangshi city, Hubei province, was heavily involved in the treatment and rescue of the COVID-19 patients.
Zhao Wei, Head of the Jiangsu Medical Team in Huangshi City
What impressed me deeply is February 15
when we admitted four critically infected patients
in one hour before midnight
They were reduced to life-threatening conditions
and were transferred to the hospital all at once
We rushed to give personalized treatment to the patients
in the hope of bring them back to life
Zhao Wei and the five doctors in the same ward stayed in the ward almost sleeplessly for the first two days after entering the ward.
They work in groups of two, six hours for one shift, and they were extremely exhausted and almost collapsed when they passed work on to the next shift.
The strong desire and conviction to overcome the disease supported them to stand up tenaciously. Yu Yan is also one of the nurses who volunteered to join the anti-epidemic fight. As soon as she arrived in Huangshi, she was assigned to the Intensive Care Unit of Huangshi Central Hospital.
Yu Yan, Member of the Jiangsu Medical Team in Huangshi
The patients are totally dependent on us
such as foot massage, cutting nails
shaving beards, combing hair and taking medicine
One patient told me this way
I think you are better than our granddaughter
while some other patients said
that I think you are better than our daughter-in-law
You are doing your job
but for he feels that you are protecting us
as if you gave your life
Starting in February, Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation dispatched two teams of staff reporters to Wuhan and Huangshi to shoot impressive moments by traveling from one hospital to another, visiting virus-infected areas and interviewing more than 160 people.
By shooting 15 thousand minutes of raw video, the staff reporters have edited and produced an 8-episode TV documentary titled Heroes in Harm's Way: The Fight against the Pandemic in Hubei by Jiangsu Medical Team.
The documentary has been hailed since its release online with 41 million plays on the Internet so far.
Du Jun, Choreographer, JSBC Staff Reporter in Huangshi
The red zone is the so-called center of storm
As a documentary crew member
we were eager to going inside the red zone
to see what was happening inside
and how the doctors and nurses
were committed to their work
The first time when we went inside
we saw three nurses bending over a patient
and later we were told
they were intubating the patient
At that moment I stood beside the patient's bed
about a meter away
You might ask me if I was scared
It was not true if I said I was not afraid
but I saw in the camera lens
that the medical staff were so calm
and focused on doing everything
I think they gave me spiritual strength at that moment
The fear is really fleeting
and I immediately engaged in my work
Lu Xiang worked for 47 days in Hubei until he and the medical teams were withdrawn on March 27 when Huangshi was cleared of infected cases.
Lu Xiang, Deputy General Commander of the Jiangsu Headquarters for Pairing-up Assistance in Hubei
If we did not rush to the front line
of anti-epidemic battle in time
the epidemic prevention and control
would not be the situation today
so how critical and important
is the medical team’s assistance to Hubei
The Jiangsu medical team also plays a key role
especially the effective prevention and treatment
of the patients in Wuhan
The treatment plan is constantly updated and matured
so that it became a standardized process
that everyone was following
so this epidemic was finally brought under control
