Another year, 365 days, in the vast universe, this blue planet has only been rotated once, and we on the ground have experienced countless tragedies and joys.
As you bid farewell to 2021, will you also have a moment to remember the countless moments that have touched and sighed over the past year?
On December 30th, Guangzhou Daily Health Co., Ltd. launched the "Weight of Life" New Year's Eve speech with the support of Pfizer China's public welfare.
Lung cancer expert Wu Yilong, organ transplant expert Liu Chao, disease control expert Zhang Zhoubin, and medical journalist Ren Shanshan will join you to relive the warm stories experienced and witnessed by Guangzhou people in 2021.
These stories are related to the protection of life, are the display of the weight of life, worth preserving in our hearts, and inspire us to continue to work together in the new 365 days, carrying the weight of life with hope.
Ren Shanshan, "What Is Life Really Heavy"
Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter
In 2021, when the protection of life becomes a daily proposition, people can't help but reflect on how much life is.
This year, in the news reports on the Internet hot search list one by one, we have witnessed the fragility and tenacity of life, the complexity and nobility of human nature, the right way in the world, and the vicissitudes.
Work, life, which one will you put first?
Can fighting cancer and pregnancy have the best of both worlds?
Is it enough to cure a "cold in the heart" by medical intervention alone?
The girl gave up her life, but there is a group of people who have not given up on her, what will she do when she regains her vitality?
Treating rare diseases is expensive, and in order to help young people who are unfortunate enough to get sick and their parents and families, a doctor in Guangzhou has been working for many years to promote the inclusion of rare disease drugs in medical insurance. Finally, at the end of 2021, the good news followed.
The people are heavier than a thousand, and life cannot be given up! The social security that Chinese enjoys is getting better and better, inseparable from the prosperity and strength of the country, and also inseparable from the countless "unknown people" who are working hard behind the scenes. The achievement does not have to be in me, but it is precisely because there are countless of them that the concept of "people first, life first" has been vividly reflected.
In this deep universe, the "dim blue dot" may be lonely, but human beings must embrace each other, help each other, and forge a "community of destiny" in order to show the nobility of life and make us a "better human being".
Wu Yilong, "Exploring the Boundaries of Life"
Chief Expert of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Chairman of China Thoracic Tumor Research Collaborative Group (CTONG).
In 2015, i was approached by a lung cancer patient who had traveled from home and abroad to seek medical treatment, and he asked: Dr. Wu, can I still be saved?
At that time, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, almost exhausted all treatment methods, but the condition could not be controlled, and his lungs were covered with large and small lung cancer lesions. He said he was willing to try any method!
The regular road is full of thorns, and there is really no way out!
But when I looked at him closely, I felt his helplessness, and I felt his desire for life, and even more so much trust!
So, together with him, I analyzed the condition in detail and proposed an immunotherapy plan that most people, even doctors, did not know at that time. He had only one simple sentence: "Listen to you!" ”
He was lucky! From 2015 to 2018, 3 years of treatment, he miraculously recovered, and he could not find a lung cancer lesion all over the body, and clinically reached the standard of complete disappearance of the lesion. From 2018 to today, he has been influenced by our latest research – using his blood to monitor molecular residual lesions. The god of luck is still, has been caring for him, and he is like us, you and me, working, living, traveling, doing what he likes to do.
Today, after targeted therapy and immunotherapy have become the standard of care for patients with advanced lung cancer, the 5-year survival rate has reached more than 30%.
We are on the road to curing lung cancer. The premise of this healing is that we need to constantly explore and constantly search for mysteries.
The trust of patients encourages doctors to go from no way to no way, from a small road to a healthy village. The deep trust between doctors and patients is the basis of profit and gold, and it is also the most important part of the road to curing lung cancer!
Zhang Zhoubin, "Teammates Guarding Life"
Deputy Director of Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Advanced Individual in Fighting THE NEW CROWN PNEUMONIA EPIDEMIC
Dear teammates, thank you! 2021, thanks to you!
It's been two years since I played against COVID-19.
In the past year, the new crown virus has flashed in the city several times,
In order to race against the invisible virus, the number of disease control people is unclear how many "four o'clock in the morning in Guangzhou" have been seen.
But here today, I don't want to say how hard we worked.
Putting on this vest, we naturally bear this responsibility on our shoulders, and we must remember this mission in our hearts.
When there is an epidemic, we have to rush to the front!
The vitality always makes it back to the city quickly.
It's not just the medical staff who do it.
It's because we have you behind us, 20 million Guangzhou people.
Just when you put on a mask every time, wash your hands carefully, open the window for ventilation every time, and scan the code to brighten the code,
Just when the epidemic occurred, you may have complained on your lips, but you firmly cooperated with nucleic acid testing and closed sealing,
We all became teammates.
Maybe you don't perceive it, but the city will remember,
On the battlefield of the new crown confrontation,
In front of them are the medical staff charging forward,
Behind, there is a strong backing of 20 million people.
Everyone is fulfilling their own prevention and control obligations,
When the years are quiet, together to guard the tranquility of the city;
When the epidemic comes, let's help it return to normal as soon as possible.
The cooperation of citizens is the "ballast stone" of epidemic prevention and control, and no matter how big the wind and waves are, you are the backer.
It is impossible to predict when this battle will end, but I believe that with our full dedication, and every one of your full support, the time to win will come sooner.
What could be heavier than the safety and health of people?
Liu Chao, "Every Life is Unique"
Vice President of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Director of Organ Donation and Transplant Management Center
Do you know: How much does a scalpel weigh?
It could be equal to 164 grams, which is the weight of an 8-month-old baby's liver; it could be equal to 18 pounds, which is the weight that a father lost to save his heart and liver baby.
In October 2021, my colleagues and I completed an unforgettable liver transplant, transplanting a small piece of the liver of an 8-month-old baby girl, and it was the child's father who donated the liver.
This baby was born with congenital biliary atresia, as well as congenital heart disease, need to change the liver as soon as possible to continue life, the young father decisively chose to "cut the liver to save the girl", but the child's father must lose weight as soon as possible in order to make the liver meet the transplant standards.
He was advised to give up this daughter, he was young and had a chance to have a second, but the child's father said to us: "Every life is unique, and the child who regenerates is not her!" ”
By exercising aggressively every day, he lost 18 pounds in a month and finally gave his daughter a second life with medical staff.
Organ transplant doctors, the equivalent of ferrymen between life and death, witness the fire of giving and receiving, passing on life. After 32 years of practicing medicine, I face life and death in the hospital every day, feel the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and often think: How heavy is this lancet in my hand?
For me, a scalpel measures not only the speed of medical progress, but also the temperature of family affection and the weight of life; it reflects the brilliance of human nature and the value of medical taoism; it carries the trust of patients in doctors, the commitment of doctors to patients, and the cooperation between doctors and patients to protect life.
The unbearable lightness of life often makes people sigh and be ashamed, and the unbearable weight of life makes people go forward with emotion and work hard.
Chief planner: Weng Xiaopeng, Li Yun
Copywriter: Ren Shanshan, He Xuehua, Wu Yu
Producer: Zhao Man
Producer: Zhang Shuai
Director: Wu Qiang
Planners: Wang Guanglin, Zeng Xianyi
Camera: Lao Shuiqiang, Deng Weijun, Su Zhiren, Zhong Runjie, Tan Yunyi, Li Zhiyuan
Venue: Jia Xiaohui
Post-production: Lin Yuhang, Huang Yuchen
Special thanks: Guangzhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
Text/Guangzhou Daily New Flower City reporters Ren Shanshan, He Xuehua and Wu Yu
Editor: Wu Wanhong