Coronavirus: Wuhan doctor speaks out against authorities
NB: After all that has heppened, Chinese Communist authorities are still trying to censor this doctor's voice, after she has seen her own colleagues die of the virus. Truly, some people learn nothing and forget nothing. Support the Chinese peoples' struggle for democracy. Tyranny is bad for human health. DS
Ai Fen, director of the emergency at Wuhan Central hospital
A doctor in Wuhan has
spoken out after seeing several of her colleagues die from the coronavirus,
criticising hospital authorities for suppressing early warnings of the outbreak
in an interview censors have been trying to erase from the internet. In an interview with
the Chinese magazine, Renwu, or People, Ai Fen, director of the emergency at
Wuhan Central hospital, said she was reprimanded after alerting her superiors
and colleagues of a Sars-like virus seen in patients in December.
Now that the virus has
claimed more than 3,000 lives inside China, including four doctors at her
hospital, one of which was the whistleblower ophthalmologist Li
Wenliang, Ai has joined other critics risking their jobs, as well as
detention, to speak out about conditions in Wuhan. “If I had known what was to happen, I would
not have cared about the reprimand. I would have fucking talked about it to
whoever, where ever I could,” she said in the interview.
Since Tuesday, Ai’s
interview has been posted and quickly deleted from Chinese social media sites.
Renwu has removed the article and Ai could not be reached over the phone.
Internet users have moved quickly to save the article, posting screenshots of
it... read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/11/coronavirus-wuhan-doctor-ai-fen-speaks-out-against-authoritiessee also
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