Wuhan cardiologist whose face turned dark during COVID-19 treatment shows gratitude to medical workers
Yi Fan was one of more than 3,000 medical workers infected with the novel coronavirus in Hubei province during the COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year.
A picture circulated online in April showing his face after it turned dark due to drugs used in his treatment drew widespread public attention.
A cardiologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, 42-year-old Yi was infected while treating patients and taken to the hospital on Jan 28. His condition quickly deteriorated, and he experienced difficulty breathing. Yi was twice placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, which performs the functions of the heart and lungs for patients with organ failure.
On March 3, he was transferred in critical condition to the Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, where a team of medical workers from the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing cared for him. Wang Chen, the president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, modified Yi's treatment plan.
The measures worked. Yi recovered and was able to return home on May 6.
On Dec 6, Yi visited the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing to express his gratitude in person to the medical workers involved in his treatment. His face has regained its usual color, and the side effects of the drugs used in his treatment are almost gone.
Yi said he looks forward to going back to work. "I can't waste this rebirth," he said. "I can treat more patients."
在新冠肺炎疫情阻擊戰(zhàn)初期，湖北省超過3000余名醫(yī)務(wù)工作者感染了新冠肺炎。42歲的易凡就是其中的一位，曾經(jīng)感染新冠肺炎而皮膚變黑的武漢醫(yī)生。
武漢“封城”前一天，武漢各大醫(yī)院的日常醫(yī)療服務(wù)正常進行。易凡作為武漢市中心醫(yī)院心臟大血管外科醫(yī)生，他在一臺手術(shù)中突然出現(xiàn)體力不支，后被發(fā)現(xiàn)可能感染了新冠病毒。1月28日確診后，他的病情迅速惡化，出現(xiàn)嚴重的呼吸窘迫。隨后，醫(yī)院對他進行插管搶救，上了呼吸機，曾兩次使用ECMO（體外膜肺氧合，俗稱“人工肺”）。
3月3日，易凡因病情持續(xù)感染嚴重，被轉(zhuǎn)入武漢同濟醫(yī)院中法新城院區(qū)重癥隔離病房，由中日友好醫(yī)院國家援鄂抗疫醫(yī)療隊接手進行緊急搶救治療。團隊在高風(fēng)險暴露感染情況下，為易凡做了氣管切開術(shù)。經(jīng)評估，醫(yī)療隊確定其問題是血源性感染。在中國醫(yī)學(xué)科學(xué)院院長王辰院士以及團隊的精心救治下，后續(xù)治療方案初見成效。與新冠病毒抗爭99天后，易凡于5月6日康復(fù)出院回家。
12月6日，易凡夫婦抵達北京中日友好醫(yī)院，向國家援鄂抗疫醫(yī)療隊當(dāng)面致謝?，F(xiàn)在，易凡的皮膚和正常人一樣，身上積累的藥物副作用也已消退。易凡期待早日重回醫(yī)生崗位。他說：“我這條命不能白撿回來，我要去救治更多的人?！?/p>
圖一：Yi Fan stands in front of the Huanghe (Yellow Crane) Tower in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Oct 17.
10月17日，新冠肺炎康復(fù)者易凡在湖北武漢黃鶴樓前留影。
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