45 Images of the Medical Staff Fighting Wuhan Virus Epidemic

As we are putting ourselves on a voluntary quarantine, little is being said about the more than 100K medical staff that have to do the opposite. During the Chinese New Year's Eve, while we were complaining about not being able to enjoy a good time, the medical staff and their families were going through the worst.

The protective materials ran low in supply as more patients arrived in the hospitals, it is hard to imagine that hospitals had to resort to asking the citizens for donations of goggles, N95 masks, and surgical masks among other things.

Behind the curtains, the battle that they are facing is a face to face with death. Constantly being at an environment that is almost zero distance from the not yet well-understood virus, you can never imagine what they are going through, but since a picture is worth a thousand words, here are 45 photos and gifs to give you a glimpse of what they and their families are going through...

The following 45 frontlines medical staff dealing with outbreak photos were exposed on the net:

01

On New Year's Eve, a doctor who couldn't go home, recorded a video for her younger daughter, on the background, her colleagues gestured "love." The video showed her holding a note that she wrote saying:

"Baby don't worry about me, mom has a lot of aunts here to accompany her for the Chinese New Year."

After that, she lowered her head and held back tears.

02

A doctor in Wuhan who is working on the frontline can not stay with his family so he proactively isolated himself from them.

On the other side, his mother who is 80-year-old, is seen bringing over  food to his children putting it on the ground outside the door, saying, "please, please, take care." Before breaking down into tears...

03

A medical staff took off his gloves after the night shift, his hands can be seen crumpled. Because during this time medical staff wear thick protective clothing for a long time, the hands sweat a lot and below is how they look when they finish work...

04

A doctor wearing protective gear watching his daughter 3 meters away, he can't help it but cry.

The door of an emergency room marks a distance between life and death, it is literally the farthest distance between him and his daughter.

05

For more than ten hours wearing a face and protective mask, her face was left with deep marks. All this time, the busy doctor didn't feel any pain, after seeing her face like this she said:

"I'm a medical staff, no matter what happens, it is my responsibility to wear this outfit."

06

Military Medic personnel bids farewell to her well-behaved daughter on the last day of the year. She said this to her: 

"Don't cry child, mother will never lose this battle."

07

Because the medical staff can't easily identify one another in a protective suit, they had to write names on their colleagues back with encouraging /cheering quotes.

This one said, "You are fantastic".

08

Every woman loves their hair, they take time to care for it and when forced to cut them, it is depressing.

It is difficult to wear a protective suit with long hair and many who had long hair volunteered to cut them off.

On a plus note, they all look beautiful with shorter hair. 

09

The frontline angels in white, in their thirties, at this difficult time, they can only eat dry bread and instant noodles for the New Year.

10

Protective materials are in short supply, goggles are not enough, and doctors are wearing swimming goggles to keep the fight going on.

When facing a shortage, they improvise... the fight must go on~

11

Signatures accepting the assignment for the battle couldn't fit one paper, stacks and stacks of signatures were signed, there is only one way to go i.e fight, can't forget the initial aspirations.

We are on the frontline fighting for you.

12

Changde No. 1 Hospital showed their full medical records just during this time (the picture just show a few of them).

Fighting with all our lives, there are countless overnight consultations behind it.

13

A doctor who is walking on crutches is on the frontline, his perseverance help to give us hope.

14

During the Spring Festival, military doctors gathered late at night and flew to Wuhan to join the fight on the front line.

She looks fierce and ready for the battle.

15

An unnamed doctor admitted 101 patients, with all these patients, he is still in full spirit the same spirit as he received the first patient

Every night, there are angels dressed in white

16

Three large planes arrived in Wuhan, the people inside had to observe the order of quarantine and take preventive measures without exception. Guess who were they?

They are mothers and daughters. Most importantly, they are soldiers and doctors.

17

Someone exposed a doctor in the Wechat Moments. He is an infection control expert at Xiangya Hospital, Central South University.

At the time when everyone was running away from Wuhan, this doctor bought a ticket to Wuhan to join the frontline of medical staff fighting the virus.

18

‍‍They don't sleep at all and hundreds of cars work at the same time,

Wuhan "Xiaotangshan" Hospital is being built to support and further contain the infection.

19

True heroes, three nurses in Dalian behind the glass wrote wishes for the Spring Festival with a pen and paper because they can't leave the facility, one of which reads:

"I love you, rest assured that we are all right, we will go home safely together ..."

20

A doctor after tens of hours working in the ward finally fell asleep on the hospital stool.

Note that: He is somebody's father and somebody's son, but at this moment he's an angel trying to protect us all.

21

A special application for frontline workers was exposed on the net, and it was tearful!

Especially the sentence that read "regardless of pay, regardless of life or death..."

22

One doctor's picture was exposed:

After 12 hours in a protective suit, sweat dripping, eyelashes frosting, working hard regardless of life and death.

23

Inside the quarantine room, some patients can't move from the bed to the toilet, doctors prepared a device for that inside the room.

24

Doctors in Loudi fever center are on duty without any hesitation.

They have to record their fingerprint and at any moment they can contract the virus!

25

The blood sample collection room, a doctor calmly attending to the patient.

It warms your heart thinking that people still put their life on the line in times of crisis!

26

During the New Year's Family reunion, the doctors didn't get a luxury to spend time with their children.

And always were on standby ready to go to work.

27

Patients can’t join family group dinner, but doctors arranged a Chinese New Year dinner for them.

However, while the patients ate New Year's Eve dinner, the doctors themselves stood hungry.

28

A group photo of the cute angels in white, with words of encouragement on their backs.

"With us, you will be fine."

29

One day before the end of the year, tired but they posed for the camera throwing a peace sign.

30

A nurse carried her mother to the hospital, took off her thick protective clothing, and took a picture.

I'm not an angel in white, but just a child who changed her clothes.

31

The doctor at a Wuhan Hospital was returning to the hospital before the Spring festival. Right before setting off, he shared what his wife sent to him on his Wechat moment with his wife's full instructions:

"Husband, I will send you a message when I miss you. You don't need to reply to me... When you are free, or about to sleep you can read them~ When you are not happy and facing difficulty you can read them~ I will be supporting you all the way! Come On! Remember, I am forever behind you, accompanying you, loving you"

"And our two children, we are all waiting for you to come home"

32

It's not just doctors and nurses, there are even many businesses that volunteered to distribute masks for free. 

33

Some medical staff in Wuhan gathered and record a video while saying  "Wuhan Should Win!"

After this photo, we sincerely hope that they will take another group photo when the virus has been eliminated to remind us of this moment.

34

Heavy sweating behind the emergency room, a picture showing three doctors in protective suits drenched by the heat.

35

Academician Zhong Nanshan, 84 years old, went viral again when his photo taken on a train going to Wuhan surfaced on the internet.

36

Respect! Shanghai doctors gather on a train to go to Wuhan.

37

The disease ahead is raging and needs more volunteers to participate in the front-line. After 25 years of work as medical staff, she decided to volunteer to fight the novel coronavirus. She said on the application:

Regardless of payment, regardless of life or death...(the rest is your imagination).

38

A nurse from Southern Hospital secretly canceled the tickets to go back home for the New Year, saying "I resolutely sticking to the front line."

Sorry mom and dad, but I must go!

39

The doctor who was too tired and passed out beside the patient's bed, as soon as she got up she said: "I can't back down, the patients still need me."

40

The doctors sitting in the utility room, warming up in groups.

There was laughter and they had no reunion dinner, only cold box lunch.

41

She is the most ordinary medical staff and no one even knows her name. This Angel in white only said one sentence:

"I've canceled all breaks, anytime I'm needed, I'll be available 24/7."

42

A medical staff proactively private message to register as a volunteer joining Wuhan coronavirus prevention frontline staff on Weibo...

Well, he didn't hesitate and started the application...

43

A doctor was asked whether he is not afraid of getting infected, he just replied and turned to the infection ward to keep working. What did he say?

"If it happens, I am sure my colleagues will save me."

44

As the doctors are saying goodbye to each other, the other one is soon going to the ICU for rescue.

There is always someone who will always be there for you.

45

The pic below: On the first day of Wuhan city's closure, Professor Dong Zongqi, an 86-year-old expert from Wuhan Children's Hospital.

He came out on a wheelchair and attended to more than 30 patients in the morning. He said"You can't imagine the tragic desperation in others."

These 45 "candid" photos

Maybe none of the photos are "glossy"

But each one of these pics

just depict the struggle

that all these selfless people

are going through everyday.

We don't know who you are...

But we know that you are putting your lives on danger fighting for us.

You are dads, moms, daughters, sons

grandpas, grandmas, cousins, aunts, uncles or relatives of someone

We say thank you!