Liu Zhiming: Hospital Chief Who Died of COVID-19

Liu Zhiming: Hospital Chief Who Died of COVID-19

Liu Zhiming was president of Wuchang Hospital in Wuhan. On January 21, his hospital was urgently turned into a designated hospital for treating patients infected with the novel coronavirus. Since then, Liu had stuck to his post and kept working on the front line without a single day away from the hospital. On January 24, large numbers of confirmed cases were admitted to the hospital, and Liu was unfortunately diagnosed with the coronavirus. While being treated in the isolation ward, Liu still inquired about the patients every day and kept working until the end of his life.

Liu passed away at the age of 51 on February 18. He was the first hospital chief to die of the virus. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mourned the passing of Liu, saying that he had touched and saved numerous lives in the COVID-19 outbreak. By February 22, more than 400 severe cases had been cured and discharged from Wuchang Hospital.

劉智明：因患新冠肺炎不幸殉職的武昌醫院院長

劉智明，武漢市武昌醫院院長。1月21日，武昌醫院將被緊急改造為第一批收治新冠肺炎患者的定點醫院。自此，劉智明一直堅持在一線指導臨床工作，吃住都在醫院。1月24日，武昌醫院開始大規模收治病人，劉智明也因在救治工作中感染，被確診為新冠肺炎患者。在住進重癥隔離病房后，劉智明依然每天詢問病人收治情況、安排醫院工作，直至生命最后一刻。

2月18日，劉智明去世，享年51歲。他是新冠病毒肺炎疫情期間首位殉職的醫院院長。世界衛生組織總干事譚德塞在向劉智明的去世表示哀悼時說：“劉智明醫生的去世是巨大的損失，他在疫情期間挽救了無數生命。”截至2月22日，共有400多名重癥患者從武昌醫院治愈出院。