23 years ago, he took the lead in introducing cochlear implant technology into China, gambled on his entire career to complete the first cochlear implant surgery in China, so that patients could hear the voice of the world; after 50 years of hard work, he created and improved China's artificial auditory diagnosis and treatment technology, built a national anti-deafness and deafness prevention system, and let countless patients regain their hearing and open a new chapter in their lives. He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the director of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Center of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Han Demin. Guided and led by the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, beijing television station produced the country's first documentary program focusing on talents, "Cheers for You", today at 22:00, taking you into the hard-core academician Han Demin.
The first person in the field of ENT in China completed the first cochlear implant surgery in China
Han Demin is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, former president of Tongren Hospital, president of the World Chinese ENT Head and Neck Surgery Council, and president of the College of Entolaryngology College of Capital Medical University. With more than 40 years of medical career in ENT head and neck surgery, he is the first person in the field of ENT in China. Twenty-three years ago, when Han Demin had just returned from studying and was the director of the Institute of Entolaryngology at Tongren Hospital, the technology of using cochlear implants to treat congenital deafness had just been introduced to China.
Cochlear implant technology originated in Australia and began to be applied to the clinic in the late 1970s, it can replace some of the damaged functions of the human cochlea, directly converting sound signals into electrical signals into the brain to form sounds. In the process of introducing this technology, Han Demin experienced some twists and turns. In the records and follow-up interviews, Han Demin learned that Kang Mengwen, who was only 3 years old at the time, was more suitable for cochlear implants, but the parents of the children were suspicious of this new technology and were unwilling to accept it. In the end, Kang Mengwen's family made a request to Han Demin, which now seems extremely harsh, and asked Han Demin to sign a surgical guarantee and bear all post-operative risks. It is precisely because of his solid professional foundation and exquisite surgical skills that Han Demin finally had the courage to sign his name on the guarantee of Anti-Mengwen. In the end, the surgery was a success, and Anti-Mengwen became the first patient in Chinese history to regain her hearing through cochlear implant technology. Over the next 23 years, nearly 700,000 deaf people were reborn through cochlear implants.
Deep ploughing in the field of ear, nose and throat for 50 years to create and improve China's artificial auditory diagnosis and treatment technology
52 years ago, the 17-year-old Han Demin came to the Panjin countryside, pursued perfection and did almost all the farm work, in order to improve rice planting technology and increase rice production, Han Demin almost lost his life due to carbon monoxide poisoning when doing experiments. After 5 years, Han Demin not only did not get overwhelmed by the harsh environment, but grew into a healthy agricultural backbone and became a well-known production captain.
After becoming a doctor, Han Demin, as the first case in China to successfully perform cochlear surgery, began to overcome more problems. 1.5-year-old Ozawa (pseudonym) suffers from vestibular diurned aqueduct syndrome, which is an extremely dangerous procedure in a cochlear implant. Compared with the anti-Mengwen 23 years ago, this operation is much more complicated and dangerous, because the patient is too young and the operation is too delicate, this operation requires a very deep understanding of human anatomy and surgical procedures to complete. With decades of medical experience, Han Demin successfully implanted a cochlear implant into Ozawa's (pseudonym) after more than two hours of delicate operation.
From the northeast countryside, to the admission to the medical school, and then to the Tongren Hospital after studying in Japan, Han Demin has been working in the field of ear, nose and throat for 50 years, and in the past few decades, Han Demin has created and improved China's artificial auditory diagnosis and treatment technology, built a national anti-deafness and deafness prevention system, and formed a four-in-one anti-deafness and deafness prevention service model of screening, diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation, prevention and deafness prevention in China. In the past 30 years, 5.8 million cases of newborn hearing screening have been completed, 4.5 million cases of deafness genetic screening have been carried out, and more than 80,000 children with severe neuropathic deafness have been successfully implanted with cochlear implants and the ability to listen has been restored.
Whether it is in the black land of the northeast or on the white operating table, in the face of countless tests given to him by fate, Han Demin has handed over a perfect answer. With a reverence for life, a commitment to health, and a sense of responsibility for social progress, the nearly 70-year-old has been on the road. Today at 22:00, take you into the hard-core academician Han Demin.