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PUMCH Celebrates 1st Chinese Doctors' Day
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On August 19, 2018, China’s three million doctors welcomed the first Chinese Doctors’ Day. On August 17, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that, for a long time, Chinese medical workers devoted themselves to people’s health care and achieved tremendously in disease prevention and treatment, medical staff training and scientific development. The establishment of Doctors' Day demonstrates the central leadership’s high attention to the country's hygiene and health work and recognition for the performance of the medical workers.


“Celebrating the 1st Chinese Doctors’ Day, Aug. 19” at the hall of Surgery Building


Medical workers respond to Xi’s speech

On the morning of August 17, Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan visited Beijing Haidian Hospital and conveyed the spirit of Xi’s speech, PUMCH President Zhao Yupei responded as one of five representatives of medical workers.

In the evening news program of the central television, PUMCH Vice President Wu Wenming received an interview, who is also in charge of the hospital’s medical team in aid to Tibet. He said he was greatly encouraged by Xi’s speech and is now more confident in bringing the Party’s care and medical expertise to the Tibetan people.

PUMCH staff members also expressed their feelings through WeChat, Weibo, short video and other forms.


Self-made MV goes popular

On August 17, the hospital leadership presented a letter to all its staff, sending greetings and paying respect to the older generation medical scientists. Before that, Because We Are Doctors, an original production of the hospital dedicated to the first Chinese Doctors’ Day, went popular once it was launched. It received more than 100,000 hits within 24 hours at Tencent Video, and 480,000 hits in two weeks. It was also reported and relayed on new media platforms of the central television, Health China, Sohu Video, MD Weekly and others.


MV Because We Are Doctors, an original production



Big data-based greetings

“You have been working in the hospital for 15 years. In the first half of 2018, you received patients from 22 provinces, the oldest of them 94, the youngest 1. Besides, you are more favored by female patients…” This is what a doctor saw in his “PUMCH Work Area” APP, an automatically generated greeting for the Doctors’ Day. Each doctor could see his or her own greeting on the phone, and feel the pride of being a member of PUMCH.


Children give gifts to their doctor parents

Children of the hospital staff, guided by their summer class teachers, made cards and calligraphy works, presented them to their parents and thanked them for their devotion to patients and families.

On August 17, a concert dedicated to the Doctors’ Day was staged at Workers’ Home, giving a pleasant and relaxing time to the medical workers of the hospital.

The cafeteria also launched healthy and delicious dishes, and a week-long special offer of coffee. In the evening a movie Ready Player One was shown.


A child presents a card to his parent


Programs dedicated to Doctors’ Day

PUMCH cooperated with China Central Television in the making of Dedication to Doctors’ Day special programs, which were widely viewed and acclaimed. On August 17-19, the Television was showing short movies featuring older-generation medical scientists from the hospital, as well as its medical record management tradition and the hospital’s spirit of being “strict, accurate, diligent and dedicated”.