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China's medical staff are devoting every effort to fight against the viral pneumonia. More are joining the frontline in the central city of Wuhan to battle the illness.
Nearly a thousand medical workers from Guangdong Province's Nanfang Hospital have offered to help. In a letter to their hospital, the team which previously battled SARS in 2003 asked to be assigned to Wuhan, to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus. None of the team members were infected by SARS years ago, and they want to use their experience to contribute now.
The fight against the epidemic is drawing in more and more medical workers across the nation. The first aid team from Shanghai has arrived in Wuhan, with doctors from respiratory and critical care departments. And two more teams from the city are awaiting orders. Aid teams from Sichuan and Jiangsu provinces have also geared up.
Meanwhile, many local staff members in Wuhan have canceled their Spring Festival vacations and have chosen to stay at work. The nurses in the isolation wards change shifts every four hours. Due to the medical regulations and high pressure brought by the work, they always end their shifts in sweat and exhausted.
The family members of the medical staff are worried about their safety. Xiao Zhimin, a nurse from Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, said her nine-year-old son painted a picture for her after she worked many days without a break. Xiao's son would give up his toy castle just for his mother to be with him. But for many medical staff like Xiao, they would give up even more to win this ongoing battle.
