Boundless Love Across Mountains and Seas - Following the Footsteps of Our Military Aid to Foreign Medical Personnel to Understand the Spirit of Internationalism
2025-09-01
As time goes by, accompanied by the resounding voice of the Chinese nation from "standing up" to "getting rich" and then to "becoming strong", the Chinese military is increasingly going abroad, taking on more international responsibilities and obligations within its capabilities, providing more public safety products, and making greater contributions to maintaining world peace and promoting common development. Specifically in the field of medical support, from the hospital ships "Peace Ark," "Silk Road Ark," and "Lucky Ark" entering the fleet, to the joint medical exercises of "Peace Rescue," "Peace Angel," and "Peace Train; From actively providing humanitarian medical assistance to actively participating in UN peacekeeping operations and providing medical support, our military has successfully completed various foreign aid missions, written the responsibility of a major country, and contributed to China's strength. In recent days, reporters have delved into the frontline troops responsible for foreign medical aid missions, following in the footsteps of medical personnel and experiencing the boundless love that transcends mountains and seas. This great love, along with the internationalist spirit in the flames of the War of Resistance Against Japan, resonates with each other, seeks common ground, and is passed down through generations. Rescuing lives and helping the injured, the doctor showed compassion and immediately rushed forward to rescue the 'drowning person'! ”Recently, the "Lucky Ark" hospital ship conducted a rescue drill in a certain sea area. At the command of the commander, the sail and cable area team quickly hoisted the high-speed lifeboat, and the rescue team boarded the small boat and headed towards the "drowning person". The medical staff who have already been on standby will transfer the "drowning person" to the injury classification area. After the emergency doctor completes the grading and triage of the injury, professional doctors will immediately carry out treatment. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chinese military and civilians still adhered to the spirit of humanitarianism in a war environment full of hatred and killing. Nowadays, while China is committed to developing itself, it always holds a beautiful vision of benefiting the world and contributing to the promotion of world peace and development. ”Chen Haoliang, a staff officer of a certain naval unit, introduced to reporters that as the third 10000 ton ocean hospital ship independently designed and built by China, the commissioning of the "Jixiang Ark" marks the deployment of large-scale ocean hospital ships in the eastern, southern, and northern theaters of war. It, along with the hospital ships "Peace Ark" and "Silk Road Ark", has become a backbone force in carrying out maritime medical support tasks, while also undertaking tasks such as international humanitarian medical services, major disaster emergency medical rescue, and foreign military medical exchanges and cooperation. The 'Lucky Ark' has not yet set sail, but the 'Peace Ark' has already made great contributions for thousands of miles. Last October, the "Peace Ark" hospital ship docked at the port of Cotonou, Benin, carried out a kidney cyst decompression surgery. The robotic arm accurately and precisely performs cyst wall decompression and cutting, while the chief surgeon operating the robotic arm, Dr. Ren Shancheng, is located thousands of miles away at the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Naval Medical University. According to the reporter's understanding, this surgery has expanded the application scope of shipborne surgical robots, providing more options for future medical resource allocation and trauma treatment in distant seas and domains. With the emergence of new types of sanitary backpacks, sanitary box sets, sanitary tents, medical shelters, as well as rescue helicopters, hospital ships, and sanitary trains, our military's sanitary equipment is moving towards standardization, systematization, and matching. Ship specific intravenous anesthesia robots, magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopes, and shipborne surgical robots have gone abroad to save lives in distant foreign countries. Whenever faced with patients from any country, as a doctor, the only thing on my mind is how to cure them. ”Yang Jun, deputy chief physician of the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Navy Medical University who carried out the "Harmony Mission" mission with the "Peace Ark" hospital ship, recalled that when he was studying for his PhD at the Navy Medical University, his mentor inspired everyone with the stories of revolutionary predecessors. Wu Mengchao, the "father of Chinese hepatobiliary surgery" who returned to the embrace of the motherland under the influence of the Anti Japanese Salvation Movement; Feng Lida, daughter of anti Japanese general Feng Yuxiang, who led more than 20 teams to the front lines of epidemic areas such as meningitis, cholera, and dysentery; Mou Shanchu, who participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan and transformed his care for people into his ideal of treating and saving lives... "As Ke Dihua said, as long as a doctor is alive, he cannot forget the wounded and sick." This compassion for patients and reverence for life have been passed down through generations of medical workers in our army. Once, the hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived in Tanzania to provide medical services, and Yang Jun received a patient: local youth Michael suffered from severe scoliosis, difficulty walking, and even normal breathing was severely affected. The difficulty and risk of spinal surgery are already extremely high, coupled with limited local medical conditions, making the surgery even more difficult. But Michael's clear and hopeful gaze shook Yang Jun's heart: "Our treatment is an opportunity for him to be reborn." In the end, Yang Jun and his team overcame numerous difficulties and reshaped Michael's spine. The arrival of the Chinese hospital ship has changed lives, not just for one Michael - Belina, a Seychelles woman who underwent uterine fibroid removal surgery and regained the opportunity to conceive; East Timor veteran Lujero successfully removed the remaining shrapnel from his body, and the pain that had tormented him for 26 years disappeared; Diana, a little girl from Fiji, bid farewell to her lower limb deformity and made a wish to "dance a ballet in China when she grows up"... In mid August, the Gobi Desert was still scorching hot, and the surface temperature of a training base was approaching 60 degrees Celsius. A battle rescue skill training was in full swing. Stop bleeding one second earlier, you have one more chance! ”The instructions given by Su Binqian, Deputy Chief Physician of the First Affiliated Hospital of the Air Force Medical University, were calm and powerful. A health worker operated a spinning tourniquet for the first time in a close combat environment, feeling nervous and flustered. Su Binqian immediately stepped forward to encourage and guide him to recall the key points. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, due to the harsh battlefield environment, stopping bleeding was one of the most severe challenges in the rescue of war wounds. Sometimes, only soil and incense ash could be used to block the wounds. Nowadays, hemostatic drugs and equipment are becoming more and more advanced, and we need to strengthen our skills and fully utilize their advantages... "Su Binqian said. Modern warfare demands higher requirements for medical support, which must be honed to enable rapid deployment, independent support, and efficient treatment in unfamiliar and complex environments. ”Su Binxuan remembers that year he joined the "Peace Angel" medical team and went to a certain country to participate in a joint medical exercise. This medical team, mainly composed of the Air Force Medical University and the Western Theater Command Air Force Hospital, was transported by a Y-20 large transport plane to the mission site and quickly put into training courses such as joint medical service command, joint force delivery, joint deployment and deployment, and joint on-site rescue. During this period, the medical service forces of the two armies cooperated deeply, exploring and testing the efficient rescue mode of joint command, mixed formation, and integrated operation, providing useful reference for jointly carrying out international humanitarian medical rescue missions. At the beginning of the mixed training between the two sides, the field anesthesia machines, blood collection and testing operation platforms and other medical equipment carried by our military medical team, as well as some medical technologies used, were relatively unfamiliar to foreign armies. To this end, our team members started with basic operations and basic movements, repeatedly demonstrating and teaching, helping them master the essentials of operation in a relatively short period of time. "It is the consistent way of the Chinese civilization to be kind to our neighbors and unite with all nations. Although we have been invaded and plundered by foreign powers, the Chinese people never believe in the robber logic of the law of the jungle, but always maintain the determination to maintain peace. ”Li Xiaodong, the chief physician of the 980th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force who has participated in Sino foreign joint exercises, shares the same feelings as Su Binxuan. In the early morning of early autumn, the reporter arrived at the 980th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force from a certain training base, just in time for the Norman Bethune volunteer commentary team to gather and set off. The statue of Norman Bethune at the entrance of the hospital watched them go to the frontline of grassroots to carry out theoretical lectures. Back then, Norman Bethune traveled thousands of miles to the Jin Cha Ji Military Region, put on the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, and requested Commander Nie Rongzhen to use him as a machine gun. ”Li Xiaodong said that in the new era, military medical workers should inherit and carry forward the spirit of Norman Bethune, shoulder this everlasting banner, hone their battlefield support skills in the smoke of war, and be ready for battle at any time. People are more familiar with another name of our unit - Norman Bethune International Peace Hospital, which is the only Eighth Route Army hospital in the entire army that has been preserved as a whole. ”The leaders of the hospital introduced that during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Norman Bethune actively participated in organizing mobile medical teams to save lives and assist the wounded. In order to reduce the pain of the wounded, he set up the operating table closest to the front line. He said, 'The soldiers ahead will not stop fighting because of bombing, and we cannot stop surgery because of bombing.'. Since Norman Bethune personally founded this hospital, 'preparing for war' has been written in the genes of the officers and soldiers. The principle of "close to the front line, early surgery, and rapid treatment" for the treatment of war injuries is a valuable asset left by Norman Bethune to our military's field medical work. But modern warfare has put forward higher requirements for medical support, and the comprehensive construction of the hospital urgently needs transformation. In recent years, in response to the characteristics of modern warfare, they have "broken down" the vast field medical facilities and formulated comprehensive plans to support different types of troops and specialized units; Organize experts to discuss and optimize the preparation of medical supplies, classification of injuries, allocation of hospital beds, and other processes for treating war injuries, as well as the mobilization, deployment, treatment, and withdrawal of field medical facilities; The content and standards of battlefield rescue training are refined to departments, and specialized training with tactical backgrounds for mobile medical service forces has become a norm; Through transformation and construction, the hospital has achieved a new leap in its battlefield rescue and medical support capabilities by grouping, palletizing, and containerizing combat readiness materials, and carrying out emergency tasks immediately upon loading and use. In recent years, more and more Chinese soldiers have appeared in international humanitarian aid camps to overcome difficulties and work together. How to better carry out work in a foreign land and language barrier environment? Zhang Sun, a "Norman style good military doctor" from the 980th Hospital who participated in joint humanitarian medical rescue operations in Africa, believes that "what you see is illness, but what you put on in your heart is human"; Chen Jing, the head nurse of the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Naval Medical University, which provides medical services to the people of Fiji, Indonesia, Liberia and other countries, said, "Smiling is a universal language in the world; Zhou Feihu, director of the Intensive Care Medicine Department at the First Medical Center of the People's Liberation Army General Hospital, who participated in major medical rescue missions such as peacekeeping and treatment of wounded soldiers in the Mali explosion, has a firm belief that "even if there is only a glimmer of hope, we must make our best efforts"; Last year, Wang Chunhui, the deputy director of the War Rescue Medical Department at the Non Commissioned Officer School of the Army Medical University, who went on a peacekeeping mission to Abuja, felt that the principle that military medical workers should uphold in the new era is "selflessness and specialization". Shortly after Wang Chunhui arrived at the mission area, a United Nations employee approached him, hoping to learn traditional Chinese medicine, as many local residents could not afford the high medical expenses. Although he did not study traditional Chinese medicine, Wang Chunhui did not shirk his responsibility: "During the War of Resistance Against Japan, there was a severe shortage of resources, and medical workers used local materials to make their own medical equipment. Now we must try our best to overcome all difficulties and fulfill the sacred mission of saving lives and helping the wounded with a heart of benevolence." With the support of the director of the first level hospital in the task area, Wang Chunhui and his comrades renovated the diagnosis and treatment room, made massage beds from waste wooden boards and steel, and invited domestic colleagues in traditional Chinese medicine to send learning materials and teach professional knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine therapy through remote videos... In more than six months, they have served more than 300 local people, trained 10 local students, and spread the flames of traditional Chinese medicine in Africa
Edit:QuanYi Responsible editor:Wang Xiaoxiao
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