A young doctor who had been working non-stop to fight against the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has died from apparent exhaustion.
28-year-old Song Yingjie was the deputy team leader of the pharmacy group at a health center in Hengshan county, Hunan province.
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When the seriousness of the virus outbreak became apparent to everyone in China, he was assigned on January 23 to a local expressway inspection team. He was also responsible for distributing medical supplies to his colleagues.
He was one of the first people in China who tried to sound alarm in a WeChat group on Dec. 30 about coronavirus — but was silenced — for ‘spreading rumors’.
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Wuhantime adds:
If his warning was not silenced, how many lives can be saved?
If his warning was not silenced, how many people can now return to their home and family without being forced on quarantine?
If his warning was not silenced, how many Huoshenshan hospital can be spared?
There is no ‘if’ in history.
But history will remember, even at this darkest hour, there’s one true hero in Wuhan, China.
My greatest condolence to the loss of our true hero.
Truth should never be silenced, never again!
Thanks to those who pass on truth, who defend humanity against discrimination, and the medical workers and volunteers who are fighting on the fontline. The new true heroes will rise among you!
Source: SCMP, Shanghaiist, wuhantime
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Last updated: Friday, February 7, 2020