Little Diary -- SARS Frontline 1383 Medical Staff Soul Quotes: Soul Quotes of Medical Staff on the SARS Frontline 1383

Author: Zhang Yanling
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: The Xiaotangshan Diary is a collection of diaries and soulful quotes written by 1,383 medical staff from the People's Liberation Army's Xiaotangshan Field Infectious Disease Hospital, the world's largest field hospital treating SARS patients. It comprehensively and continuously records the inner journeys of the white coat angels as they intimately encountered SARS, offering genuine stories and firsthand experiences from those on the front lines. Each piece of writing, filled with passion, tears, and fervor, vividly portrays the days and nights of the nearly 120 hospitals from 13 major units of the entire army as they fought against SARS in over 50 days. The stories are moving and heartwarming, with honest emotions, moments of exhaustion and grievances, as well as surprises, joys, and celebrations. It is a testament to humanity's struggle and confrontation with the epidemic; a poem celebrating humanity's love and appreciation for life; and a memory that compels us to reflect deeply. With its authentic charm, it reveals how the miracle of Xiaotangshan—where the patient mortality rate was the lowest in the world, medical staff remained zero infected, and the hospital received zero complaints—was born. Even a single person, phenomenon, small incident, or a simple sentence or question, though seemingly ordinary and unremarkable, is filled with sincerity, warmth, and care, embodying a love for life and a longing for living. The countless ordinary stories that emerged from Xiaotangshan not only allow us to feel the primal human mindset in the face of disaster but also let us touch the extraordinary spirit and sentiments of these Chinese soldiers carrying out a special mission. More importantly, they enable us to grasp the character and spirit of the Chinese nation in the new era, making this book an absolutely worth-reading and collecting genuine classic in the post-SARS era.