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On April 16, 2019, a commemorative and warm day, the sun shines on the earth and everything in the world is full of vitality. However, who would have thought that on this beautiful day, a thunderbolt of news broke all the tranquility - the elderly Professor Gu Fangzhou unfortunately passed away at the age of 92.
This medical titan who is deeply loved by the majority of Chinese children and respectfully called "Grandpa Sugar Pill" has devoted his life to the research and development of polio vaccine and has made outstanding achievements.
When the bad news spread across the country, major hospitals, schools and communities hung black couplets to express their deep condolences to Mr. Gu. Gu Lao has firm beliefs and forged ahead bravely all his life, and his departure is like extinguishing the light of hope that shines on countless families.
Those who had been treated by him were all in tears, lying on their hospital beds or in wheelchairs, staring out the window at the sunny sky, their faces overflowing with endless longing for this benefactor.
People's respect for Gu Lao is not only due to his great contribution to saving lives and helping the wounded, but also from the precious qualities he has shown. In those turbulent times, it was precisely because of his perseverance in the pursuit of truth that our country was able to break through the gloom and usher in the light again.
Gu Lao's contribution to the motherland and the people is extraordinary, and he uses practical actions to interpret what it means to "serve the country and the people, selfless dedication".
Looking back on his life, it is impressive. The loss of my grandfather's inheritance and the threat of my mother's small clinic were all hardships that could have led to the desperation of the family in those cruel years.
Although Gu Lao knew that his family was poor and was repeatedly ridiculed by his peers, he was never defeated by fate, on the contrary, he inspired himself with a new ideal, regarded saving lives and helping the wounded as his own responsibility, and determined to become an excellent doctor.
Today, the whole country is saddened by the passing of this savior. Although everyone's heart was filled with heavy mourning, it was more about admiration and learning for his selfless dedication.
As long as this humanistic spirit of saving lives can be passed on from generation to generation, it will never disappear and will surely lead the country to a more brilliant future.
If we talk about which person fate is most unfair, then for Mr. Gu Fangzhou, there is no doubt that it is the first to bear the brunt. Since he was a child, he came from a poor family, and even the troubles that could not be called family have haunted him countless times.
His mother was alone with four children to raise, and the weight of life was almost too much for her to bear.
In order to save his family from famine, his mother had no choice but to foster Gu Fangzhou, who was only six years old, in his grandmother's house.
Grandma loved Gu Fangzhou very much, took care of him like a treasure, and dutifully raised him as an adult. However, fate played a trick on him again. At school, this simple teenager was often bullied and ridiculed by his peers, and his simple clothes became a topic of endless discussion.
Once, the school organized a drama performance, and Gu Fangzhou was arranged to play a beggar. The moment he dragged his tired body onto the stage in shabby costumes, there was a burst of shrill laughter from the audience, and the children unabashedly pointed their fingers at him and laughed at him.
Seeing her grandson suffer such humiliation, Gu Fangzhou's grandmother was heartbroken and tears rippled. However, Grandma herself was also poor, and she could not provide any substantial help to Gu Fangzhou, and could only watch him gradually lose confidence in the indifference of the crowd.
Back at home, Gu Fangzhou fell into a long silence, his eyes empty and blank. His grandmother tried to comfort him, telling him that if he studied hard, he would be able to make a decent living in the future.
Despite the endless tribulations that life has brought him, Gu Fangzhou has been full of love for medicine since he was a child. He was deeply influenced by his mother, who opened a small clinic but was bullied by hooligans and powerful people for many years.
Once, when he witnessed his mother being beaten in the clinic, he was powerless and filled with anger and sadness. His mother told him that the only way to escape this humiliating fate was to become a brilliant doctor.
From that moment on, Gu Fangzhou strengthened his belief, and he was determined to become a famous doctor to save more lives.
The dark fate is destined to be defeated by him one by one, and the predicament of poverty will eventually be broken by his perseverance. After unremitting hard work, he finally succeeded in being admitted to the prestigious Peking University School of Medicine, and officially took the first step on the road to realizing his dream.
In the spring of 1955, when the warm sunshine sprinkled the hot land of Nantong, Jiangsu, no one expected that an unprecedented huge epidemic was quietly coming, like a violent storm sweeping the whole city, instantly covering this beautiful city with a thick haze.
This viral disease is called "polio", and its ultra-high fatality rate is an astonishing 30%, and the disability rate is as high as 70%.
The frenzied expansion of the pandemic was unstoppable, and in just a few months, 1,068 innocent children were relentlessly struck by fate, and their lives were tragically lost in this merciless catastrophe.
Thousands of families were torn apart in an instant, lovers lost their beloved, children lost their laughter, the eyes of relatives were filled with endless pain and sorrow, and the once bright smile was replaced by the shadow of death.
At that time, social development lagged behind and medical facilities were extremely scarce. In the face of such a terrible epidemic, people can only pin all their hopes on the blessing of the sky, and there is no other way.
In hospitals across the province, you can see parents carrying "backpackers" on their backs, with tears in their eyes, clinging to their young children, running around, struggling to find that glimmer of hope for life.
Witnessing this heartbreaking scene, Gu Fangzhou's heart seemed to be pierced by countless sharp awls. He had just returned from his studies in the Soviet Union and was ready to devote himself to the medical profession of his homeland with great enthusiasm, but this sudden disaster brought unprecedented challenges to his life.
The grief and anger in his heart made him almost unable to breathe, and the most painful thing to do as a doctor is to watch life pass away before my eyes, but there is nothing he can do about it. Just when the whole Nantong was in despair, Gu Fangzhou stepped forward, and he decided to use his wisdom and courage to develop a highly effective vaccine that could save these innocent lives.
He is like a shining light in the storm, bringing a ray of hope to those in the darkness.
Since then, he has embarked on a long and arduous road of exploration, and even more serious challenges await him. In order to obtain a vaccine formula to prevent polio, in 1959, with the ambition of saving the people from the dire situation, Gu Fangzhou and three colleagues went to the Soviet Union to embark on a challenging learning journey.
Under the careful guidance of Soviet experts, they studied and observed day and night, and carried out in-depth and meticulous research and repeated drills on every process link, lest the slightest negligence lead to irreparable consequences.
After months of painstaking exploration and research, they finally succeeded in cracking and mastering this epoch-making cutting-edge technology. When Gu Fangzhou held the hard-won vaccine formula file containing the hope of life, his face was full of pride and expectation, but he did not expect that there was a more difficult challenge waiting for him to meet.
They originally planned to bring the vaccine back to China with joy and put it into mass production immediately, but at this moment, an unprecedented serious question lay in front of everyone -- who will stand up bravely and become the first warrior to receive this vaccine? Although the experimental data in the early stage has confirmed that this vaccine has a fairly high safety profile, the potential risks of actually applying it to the human body are undoubtedly huge.
In the event of any accident, the development of a vaccine could be ruined and all efforts would be in vain. However, if we don't take the risk, how can we ensure the absolute safety of the vaccine? In the end, Gu Fangzhou resolutely decided to stand up and take on this heavy responsibility.
Without hesitation, he swallowed the first dose of the vaccine and began a period of close observation for a week.
During this time, for Gu Fangzhou, every day was a test of life and death. As long as there is a slight abnormality in his body, the dream he has poured countless efforts into may be shattered in an instant. Fortunately, God forbid, and a week later, his physical condition was not significantly abnormal.
However, new challenges arose.
The vaccine is mainly intended for children, who are more vulnerable and less resistant than adults. Judging the safety of a vaccine based solely on the response of an adult is clearly a big omission.
However, what parent is willing to let their child become such a dangerous test subject? Just when Gu Fangzhou was in a dilemma, great maternal love gave him strength.
Quietly, he injected the second dose of the vaccine on his son, who had just completed his moon. Just imagine, as a father, how painful and struggling he must have felt at that time! He loved his child so deeply that how could he bear to let him face the risk of losing his loved ones? However, it was precisely this selfless dedication to the motherland and the people that made him choose to take risks without fear.
Fortunately, God willing, the experiment was a complete success, and his son was unharmed.
After thousands of trials and tribulations, and rigorous drug testing for more than 200 immature children, the safety and efficacy of this vaccine have been more accurately verified, and finally it has been approved by the state and officially put into use recently! This is not only a victory for the medical community, but also a good news that the people of the whole country are looking forward to.
Like a spark piercing through the darkness, it was immediately broadcast throughout the country, igniting the long-lost light of hope in the hearts of the vast number of people!
At this moment, the central government has also launched a series of major measures to ensure that this vaccine can be quickly promoted nationwide through strong policy support and promotion.
In just nine months, the government has built 19 large-scale factories one after another, and the astonishing "Chinese speed" for the production of such an existential vaccine has undoubtedly attracted global attention.
When night falls, the figures of workers in the factory begin to loom. They worked day and night, and the sound of the machine never stopped. All of us have one goal in common – to send this life-saving seed of hope to every corner as soon as possible, so that every family can stay away from the shadow of this disaster.
The full support of the government is like a blazing sun, dispelling the gloom in the hearts of the people. This matter affects the whole country, whether it is high-level leaders or ordinary people, all pay close attention to it.
This allows us to see the dawn of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great importance that the country attaches to people's livelihood issues.
The R&D and large-scale production of vaccines have warmed the hearts of people across the country. It has allowed countless families who were once troubled by the epidemic to regain hope and courage, and have a happy life again.
Since then, with the unremitting efforts of a large number of medical experts including Gu Fangzhou, the mainland has successfully become the first country in the world to achieve polio-free disease in 2000.
This disease, which once made people fearful, has finally disappeared completely from this land.
A new generation of children no longer has to worry about the terrible virus, and they can frolic freely in the tree-lined park without any worries, thriving on sunny days.
This joy is not easy to come by. It brings together the hard work and sweat of countless people, and carries the firm belief of a great nation eager to get rid of difficulties and create a better future. Let us always remember this hard-won happiness and be forever grateful to those pioneers who gave everything for it.