Liang Wudong

Liang Wudong (Chinese: 梁武东; pinyin: Liáng Wǔdōng; 14 March 1959 – 25 January 2020)[1] was a physician at Xinhua Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, notable for being the first doctor to die from COVID-19 due to a nosocomial infection.[2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liang.
Liang Wudong
Liang Wudong
Born14 March 1959
China
Died25 January 2020(2020-01-25) (aged 60)
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Cause of deathCOVID-19
OccupationPhysician
Known forBeing the first doctor to die from COVID-19

Life

Liang was the director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Hubei Province Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital (Xinhua Hospital).[3] He had a history of arrhythmia and persistent atrial fibrillation.

On 16 January 2020, Liang felt unwell and had a high fever and chills. He went to Hubei Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital for treatment and found that CT scan showed that the lungs were white and there was obvious symptoms of lung infections.[4] After being diagnosed with COVID-19, he was admitted to an isolation ward for hospital treatment, and transferred to Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital on 18 January to continue treatment.

At 7 a.m. on 25 January, Liang died at the age of 60.[1][note 1] On 3 February, the pharmaceutical company Shanxi Zhendong donated 100,000 yuan to Liang Wudong's family, in addition to 2,000 monthly yuan to pay for living expenses, as part of their Benevolent Angel Fund (Chinese: 仁爱天使基金) for families of medical personnel affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[5]

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Notes
  1. His age of death by East Asian age reckoning is 62.

References
  1. Chen, Hongxia (25 January 2020). "感染新型肺炎去世的医生梁武东为新华医院退休职工" [Liang Wudong, the doctor who died of the novel pneumonia contagion, was a retired employee of Xinhua Hospital]. 21 Finance (in Simplified Chinese). 21st Century Business Herald. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020.
  2. Guli (25 January 2020). "武汉医院告急 第一名医生殉职 中国军医团抵达增援" [Wuhan hospital sends out distress signal: first doctor dies in the line of duty, Chinese military medical corps arrive to reinforce]. Radio France Internationale (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 25 January 2020.
  3. Zhan, Lingyu (25 January 2020). "武漢肺炎首位醫師殉職 62歲耳鼻喉科主任梁武東今晨不治" [Head physician dies from Wuhan pneumonia [COVID-19]: Liang Wudong, head of otorhinolaryngology, succumbs to illness this morning at the age of 62]. NOWnews (in Traditional Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 July 2021.
  4. Zhang Xiangyu (ed.). "封面报道之一｜现场篇：武汉围城" [Cover Story One | On-site: Wuhan Siege]. Caixin Weekly (in Simplified Chinese). No. 4. Archived from the original on 8 February 2020.
  5. "病毒无情，"天使"有爱，长江日报联合救助基金守护医护家庭" [Merciless virus, loving "angels": Yangtze Daily joint relief fund safeguards families of medical personnel]. Yangtze Network (in Simplified Chinese). 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020.


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