Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 1020 1020. Chinese Week (6)

He remembered that last time this woman was a reporter for KHK TV in Cologne. How come she has now become a reporter for a TV station in Trier? Did KHK no longer want her? Maybe the TV station she is working for is the same as KHK. But this time she was smarter and didn't introduce herself first, maybe because she was afraid of being embarrassed like last time.

Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang remained silent, the woman thought that Dong Qiangqiang was afraid of the situation and continued, "So you also agree that this statement does exist, right?"

"I don't agree with this speculation because there is no evidence." Dong Qiangqiang emphasized the words "speculation" and "evidence". "Things without evidence are usually not worth discussing and are not necessary."

"If you want evidence, I happen to have a letter from your retired doctor. Coincidentally, he also thinks that the data is problematic." The woman pressed on. "Does this count as the evidence you want? What do you think now? Do you need me to read the contents of the letter to everyone?"

Dong Qiangqiang's heart skipped a beat. The other party had even prepared the letter from Dr. Jiang. It was obvious that they came prepared. But fortunately, that night, after everyone discussed outside the cafeteria and decided to put Dr. Jiang on the content display board, in order to prevent someone from using the letter to make an issue out of it or deliberately find fault when visiting the display board, Dong Qiangqiang specifically found the letter and read it several times. He was prepared to respond to possible questions. He didn't expect that he would actually use it today.

"I know you mentioned Dr. Jiang. In fact, there is an introduction about him on the theme display board we prepared this time." Dong Qiangqiang answered while pointing to the content display board that Ji Fengping, Zhao Ke and others had pushed into the lecture hall. "He did mention in the letter that he thought some of the data were questionable, but that was just his guess. I think the main purpose of his writing that letter was to call for people to tell the truth, to seek truth from facts, and not to falsify statistics. However, due to many objective reasons, it might not have been possible to accurately count the data at that time. If you want to read that letter now, I have no objection."

"Why can't we get an accurate count?" Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang didn't change his expression, the woman was slightly surprised and immediately asked, "Did you do it on purpose?"

"As I said just now, we are the largest developing country in the world. We have a large population, so we have many medical institutions. However, we are a developing country after all. The level of science and technology in the public health system is not as advanced as that of European and American countries, which have been developing for a long time. There are significant differences in hardware such as infrastructure between different medical institutions. Some hospitals still have very backward computers, and some institutions even have no computers. This has led to flaws in the timeliness of SARS monitoring, the smoothness of information transmission, and investigation and evidence collection. These shortcomings may affect the accuracy of statistical data, but I don't think it can be said that this is fraud. The problems exposed by SARS this time will urge us to strengthen the disease prevention and control system and public health construction as soon as possible and better, and to use the Internet to build an information transmission system that can link all parts of the country as soon as possible to collect and organize infectious disease information efficiently and truthfully."

Since coming to Germany, Dong Qiangqiang has been dealing with German emergency rooms and hospitals a lot, and his understanding of the German medical system may be no less than that of ordinary Germans. All his medical records after seeing a German doctor will be automatically transferred when he successfully sees the next doctor. Not only does he not have to run around with a bag of medical records, but the medical data such as X-rays will also be recognized by the next doctor. In comparison, if they are both tertiary hospitals in the capital, the test data or X-rays he has done in one hospital may not be recognized by another hospital and need to be re-taken, not to mention transmission over the Internet.

He did not give the woman a chance to ask further questions, and continued: "As for the dismissal you mentioned, there is currently no evidence that the dismissal is directly related to the incorrect data. At the same time, I think it just answers the question of the gentleman in front. It just shows that our government attaches great importance to the prevention and control of SARS and will not tolerate those who are incompetent and unqualified in their work. We are a socialist country, and the interests of the people are above all else."

To Dong Qiangqiang's surprise, when he finished the last sentence, applause suddenly broke out from the audience. He looked around the audience and saw that all those applauding were Chinese students. He saw that even Chen Xiaofei applauded, and although Wang Yun had a gloomy face, he still applauded.

Before the applause stopped, the doors of the classrooms at the east and west entrances suddenly opened, and more Chinese students poured in from outside. In the crowd, Dong Qiangqiang saw old faces from Hanover, such as Lao Bai, Lei Lanting, and He Yangjin, as well as new faces such as Feng Chong, Liao Cheng, and students from Saarbrücken, as well as unfamiliar Chinese faces he had never seen before. The influx of people brought restlessness and noise, and the audience turned their heads and looked up. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zheng Chunhua quickly walked to Dong Qiangqiang and said, "Don't worry, these are students from our sister schools who are here to reinforce us."

Dong Qiangqiang's eyes were still fixed on the sky when he heard the woman raise her voice by eight degrees and said with a smile: "Many people say that SARS is retribution for the Chinese..."

Her words instantly attracted many strange looks, some looked at her sideways, some looked at her with contempt, and some kept smiling bitterly and shaking their heads.

Before she could finish her words, or wait for Dong Qiangqiang to fight back, a short young woman stood up from the crowd and said in standard German with a serious expression, "Ye Xin, head nurse of the emergency department of China's GD Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was the first medical worker to be infected by a patient and died in the fight against SARS. She sacrificed her precious life in the fight against SARS and was awarded the 'Nightingale' Award by the International Red Cross. Liang Shikui, an emergency doctor at the SX Provincial People's Hospital, has always been fighting on the front line of rescuing SARS patients. He risked his life to put on ventilators for hundreds of critically ill SARS patients. Unfortunately, he was infected and died gloriously. He was awarded the 'Bethune Medal', the highest award in China's medical industry. Deng Lianxian, a doctor at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Doctor of the WJBJ Hospital, died gloriously in the fight against SARS. Li Xiaohong, attending physician of the WJBJ Corps Hospital... There are many such names. Each of them used his life to help us living people fight SARS. Today, there are many unsung heroes like them who continue their unfinished work on different fronts. They are the backbone of our country and the heroes of our nation. I cannot understand and accept that someone attacked these heroes with such vicious language. Only those who do not respect life, are ignorant and have no humanity will say such stupid and immoral remarks. At the same time, in my opinion, you should not laugh, because rude laughter is very inappropriate. If what you said represents the views of most Germans, it really makes me disappointed in Germany. "

Although she did not have a microphone in her hand and her voice was not loud, her pronunciation was clear and standard, her explanation was orderly, and her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, allowing everyone present to understand her emotions and logic. Her simple and sincere speech immediately received prolonged applause.

Under her leadership, more people joined the discussion, and the scene became heated and even chaotic. Dong Qiangqiang felt his eyes moisten, but he didn't want to maintain order at all.

He and Zheng Chunhua also applauded the girl who spoke while standing on the stage. He never expected that Lu Wei would not only appear at the scene, but also take the initiative to speak.

Amid the noise, Dong Qiangqiang heard someone shouting in Chinese: "Heroes will live forever."

He seemed to see countless medical workers swearing an oath under the Party flag and running among the patients, saw more fearless figures rushing up after one figure fell, saw elderly parents sending their children to the front line against SARS without hesitation, saw thousands of builders working tirelessly to build hospitals and create a weapon to fight SARS in the sparks, and saw ordinary people working together and helping each other in the face of SARS.

At that moment, the tears he had been holding back finally burst out.