Heroic,Military,Doctor,Cai,Ruikang

时间：2022-08-10 20:25:03 来源：千叶帆本文已影响人

　　Although he is scheduled to retire in 2012， Cai Ruikang has been reluctant to leave his position. The 83-year-old doctor still serves outpatients on two half-day shifts every week at the General Hospital of the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army （PLA）， in Beijing. He is even recovering from a recent surgery to replace part of his left femur.
　　When asked about his decades of service as a physician， Cai declared， “A military doctor working for the people is not only a doctor， but also a soldier. I am happy to devote my life’s work to my country.”
　　Mission First
　　In the 1950s， Cai was recruited by his current hospital after graduating from the Fourth Military Medical University. He once treated a student pilot in his 20s suffering from pemphigus， a skin disease involving uncomfortable blisters. The disease is easily treated today but was a tough challenge at that time. Infected by pseudomonas aeruginosa， the patient’s body festered， emitting an unpleasant smell. Cai personally cared for him for more than half a year， and even shared a room with him some nights to promptly address any unexpected changes in his symptoms. However， ultimately the student pilot still passed away.
　　The case overwhelmed Cai with sorrow and regret that persist to this day. “After that， I stress that my students do everything they can to save their patients even if there is little hope.”
　　In the late 1970s， conflict frequently broke out on China’s southern borders. The humid climate and harsh surroundings brought skin illness such as “festering crotch”that plagued Chinese soldiers. Assigned to tackle the emergency at the frontlines， Cai and his colleagues had to navigate minefields to reach scattered companies and collect herbs in the mountains.
　　“No one could tell where the landmines were，” Cai said. “We carefully blazed our own paths， watched out for each other and vigilantly listened for enemy gunshots. During those days， I had no idea whether I would survive until lunch time when I set out from the hospital in the morning.”
　　Within a year， Cai marched to the frontlines eight times and treated soldiers hiding in more than 100 caves along the trenches. Through painstaking investigation and medical experiments， Cai and his colleague Ma Fuxian pinpointed the cause of “festering crotch”： scrotum ringworm and scrotum candida， carried and passed by brown rats. Cai suggested that hospital headquarters send a special team to exterminate the rats at frontlines. He also researched and formulated medication to optimally treat the disease. The “number one cream” that Cai developed for external use considerably lowered the morbidity for common skin diseases among the troops. Eventually， the “festering crotch” situation was completely under control.

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