Translated by: Wu Xia

Facing the epidemic, Wang Xinghuan, president of the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, and Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital, issued a “letter to all comrades in Leishenshan Hospital”, calling on all medical staff to work together to resolutely win the epidemic fight.

The original letter is as follows:

Dear comrades,

The epidemic struck. Everyone, regardless of safety, took the initiative to plunge into this main battlefield without smoke but related to life and death. This is a professional responsibility, a great love of doctors, and the "backbone" of national spirit. On behalf of Leishenshan Hospital, I would like to pay the highest tribute to every comrade in arms and express my most heartfelt thanks to your family for their silent support!

Within a few days, from scratch, Leishenshan Hospital was built, patients were treated, and staff were trained. And we hoping to treat more patients with uniform medical quality and safety standards. Leishenshan Hospital is writing a Chinese miracle. The conditions are difficult, the facilities are not complete, the system is not comprehensive, and the team has little time to communicate. Too many unexpected difficulties are waiting for us to overcome.

Now, people's eyes are all on this hospital, full of expectation ... Every minute earlier we admit a patient, the lower risk of infection for a group of others. We are racing with time, and fighting against the devil. We are the Thor's spear that defeats the battlefield and the elite division that drives out the death. The war against epidemic disease has reached a critical moment, and every comrade in arms must be calm, united, and professional.

Soon, all 1,600 hospital beds will be available. We will treat more critically ill patients, the tasks will be heavier and the pressure will be greater.

We believe in working together we will overcome all difficuties. The Leishenshan Hospital team will be able to become the "light house" in the epidemic war. Soon we will welcome the turning point of the epidemic.

For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has overcome all kinds of ordeal, and the epidemic will certainly be nothing. We firmly believe that under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with General Secretary Xi Jinping as the core, we will achieve a complete victory in the struggle for epidemic prevention and control.

I hope that everyone can be well protected and do every detail in strict accordance with the rules, because you are everything to the family, and the hope of life for the patient.

Thank you all! Bless every comrade in arms and your family health, peace and happiness!

Wang Xinghuan, Secretary of the Party Committee and Dean of Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital

February 13, 2020

The yet-to-be-completed Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital adopted the method of admitting patients while constructing. Leishenshan Hospital opened the third time on February 12 to admit 35 patients with new coronavirus pneumonia, with the total patients reaching 125. On the evening of February 13, the hospital is expected to admit 50 more patients, and the effective bed utilization rate will reach 100%. In order to soothe the anxiety of patients, medical staff adopts various methods to help them feel at ease with the treatment.

"Come on, we are with you all the time!", "Doctors and patients work together, we go home safely!”... On February 13, nearly a hundred written words of encouragement appeared on the window of the ward in the 15 ward of the Infectious Diseases Department of the Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan. A patient, Mr. Liu said, seeing these simple and sincere blessings, his heart was warm.

No winter too long to pass

No spring too far to reach

Together, hand in hand

Spring will come, flowers will bloom