The value of a hospital to the city

我生长在一个四面环山的乌江小镇，乌江河水静静地流着。2023年12月的隆冬时节我又回到了故乡。我与贵州的同事一起拜访了遵义医科大学附属医院脊柱外科敖俊主任团队。他曾去意大利学习脊柱外科手术。2019年他任该院脊柱外科主任后，他把脊柱外科划分了三大亚专科：脊柱微创、脊柱畸形、脊柱肿瘤。未来还将发展脊柱感染。每年有2500台脊柱手术。2022年他送自已的学生卢子墨医生去德国攻读临床医学MD博士。今年5月卢医生获得了国家留学基金委CSC奖学金，他的导师Schnake教授将是德国脊柱学会2026年主席，到时我们也会带领中国优秀的脊柱医生亲赴德国参加2026年德国脊柱学会年会。2020年敖俊主任带领王翀医生在整个黔北地区率先开展高精尖的脊柱肿瘤手术，2020年他们团队就与世界脊柱肿瘤第一人Boriani 教授开展了线上视频会议。经过三年发展，2023年完成近100台脊柱肿瘤手术。真正解决了当地百姓就医的困难。什么才是真正的学科带头人？真正的学科带头人是能够帶领团队，细化学科，培养人才。成为整个地区的龙头，更好地服务当地百姓。这才是一家医院在这座城市的价值。我们现在与世界上最伟大的186位著名医生一同工作。这份工作让我们明白了生命的意义。每一个人在这一生之中都应当找到人生的意义，你找不到人生的意义，你的灵魂就无法被点燃。所以每一个人都应知道你人生的大愿。中国医疗需要正直的官员，有作为的院长，有国际视野的医生，中国医院才能更好造福百姓。医院才会有价值有信用，医生才会有尊严且受人尊重。

I grew up in a small town alongside the Wujiang River, surrounded by stretching mountains and the tranquil waters of the Wujiang River. I made my way back to my hometown in the mid-winter of December in 2023. Together with my colleagues from Guizhou, I visited Director AO Jun and his team from the Spine Surgery Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University. Director Ao used to be a fellow on spinal surgery in Italy. After he was promoted to the head of the Spine Surgery Dept. in 2019, he divided the department into three subspecialties, namely Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery(MISS), Spinal Deformity, and Spine Tumor. He will also introduce Spinal Infection into the department in the future. Every year, there are around 2500 spine surgeries performed in the hospital. In 2022, he sent his student, Dr. LU Zimo, to Germany to pursue his medical doctorate in clinical medicine. In May 2023, Dr. Lu was awarded the CSC Scholarship. Dr. Schnake, his doctoral supervisor in Germany, will be the President of the German Spine Society (DWG) for 2026 which has an annual meeting we will attend leading a team of Chinese outstanding spine doctors. In 2020, Director Ao, together with his team member Dr. WANG Chong, was the first to perform high-precision, high-tech spinal tumour surgery in the entire northern Guizhou region. In the same year, his team had an online video meeting with Prof. Boriani, World-class Master of Spine Tumor. After three years of development, his team was able to perform nearly 100 spine tumor surgeries in 2023, greatly benefiting the local people in terms of accessing medical treatment. What makes a genuine academic leader? It should be the capabilities to unite the team, subdivide the discipline, and cultivate talents. A hospital should strive to be the leader in the region and better serve the local community. This is the value of a hospital to the city. We are now working with 186 greatest doctors with renowned reputations in the world. This job makes us realize the meaning of life. Every single person should strive to find the meaning of their life. If the meaning is missing, a person’s soul cannot be lit. Therefore, everyone should find the inspiration of their life. Chinese medical system requires righteous officials. A director with proactive deeds and doctors with international perspectives enable a hospital in China to better serve its people. And only in this way can a hospital have value and credit, and doctors have dignity and are respectable.