Red Wall Doctor: My Personal Experience with the History of Zhongnanhai

Author: Wang Fan
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: They are outstanding figures in the field of leader health care with high prestige and a good reputation; they are also special professionals filled with mystery in the eyes of ordinary people. After the founding of New China, Mao Zedong's health care doctor Wang Hebin, Zhou Enlai's health care doctor Zhou Shangjue, Ma Suguang, former director of the Zhongnanhai Health Care Office and deputy director of Beijing Hospital, Li Bawei, former health care doctor of Chen Yi and deputy director of the Zhongnanhai Health Care Office, Wang Cai, health care doctor of Dong Biwu, Wang Minqing, former director of the Central Health Care Bureau, and Ma Xiaoxian, former head nurse of Zhongnanhai, among others. From their unique perspective, what was the real state of the leaders of New China amidst the turbulent international and domestic political winds, in their busy Party and government affairs, in daily life, and in their actual health and illness? The cautious and truthful recollections of these health care doctors and head nurses tell us about the responsibilities of health care doctors, their real relationships with the leaders. These health care doctors and head nurses' refutation of malicious slander and irresponsible fabrications also strongly clarifies some rumors and fallacies spread by so-called recollections. The health care measures and dietary norms and refinements adopted by the leaders at that time, as described in the book, can also provide valuable references for people today who increasingly value health. They are outstanding figures in the field of leader health care with high prestige and a good reputation; they are also special professionals filled with mystery in the eyes of ordinary people; after the founding of New China, Mao Zedong's health care doctor Wang Hebin, Zhou Enlai's health care doctor Zhou Shangjue, Ma Suguang, former director of the Zhongnanhai Health Care Office and deputy director of Beijing Hospital, Li Bawei, former health care doctor of Chen Yi and deputy director of the Zhongnanhai Health Care Office, Wang Cai, health care doctor of Dong Biwu, Wang Minqing, former director of the Central Health Care Bureau, and Ma Xiaoxian, former head nurse of Zhongnanhai, among others. From their unique perspective, what was the real state of the leaders of New China amidst the turbulent international and domestic political winds, in their busy Party and government affairs, in daily life, and in their actual health and illness? The cautious and truthful recollections of these health care doctors and head nurses tell us about the responsibilities of health care doctors, their real relationships with the leaders; these health care doctors and head nurses' refutation of malicious slander and irresponsible fabrications also strongly clarifies some rumors and fallacies spread by so-called recollections. The health care measures and dietary norms and refinements adopted by the leaders at that time, as described in the book, can also provide valuable references for people today who increasingly value health.