77岁医生踏遍农村

医学院是不少孩子的梦想。下面双语君给大家介绍一下香港医生－梁秉中。

Leung Ping-chung was born in Hong Kong in the 1940s, and his father was a leading traditional Chinese medicine specialist.

梁秉中出生于上世纪40年代的香港，他的父亲是一名中医。

"I have been interested in the study of biology since I was a young boy in middle school," he said. "When we were dissecting animals and plants, I was always much quicker and more accurate than my classmates, so my teacher encouraged me to 'become a surgeon'."

“中学的时候，我对动植物学兴趣浓厚，解剖动植物又快又准。老师曾鼓励我长大做一名外科医生。”

After high school, he entered the University of Hong Kong's school of medicine.

高中毕业后，他考入了香港大学医学院。

As manufacturing took off in Hong Kong in the latter half of the 20th century, industrial accidents rose. Consequently, medical workers had to deal with more cases of damaged or severed fingers. Leung was the first doctor in Hong Kong to successfully carry out a toe-to-hand transplant.

二十世纪下半叶的香港制造业蓬勃发展，工业事故频发，经常会出现工人断指的情况。梁秉中是香港第一个做接指手术（即将脚趾移植到手指）的医生。

First visit

Leung's grandfather was originally from Shunde, Guangdong province.

梁秉中的爷爷是从广东顺德到香港的。

In 1972, the Chinese embassy in the UK organized a tour of the Chinese mainland for a group of Chinese medical students, including Leung, studying overseas. "At the time, we were all really concerned about the country's development, so we quickly signed up," he said.

1972年，中国驻英国大使馆为医学留学生组织了一次中国之行，当时梁秉中正在英国学习。梁秉中说：“那时我们都很关心国家发展，所以我马上报了名。”

Memories of his arrival are fresh. "I still remember meeting a 'barefoot doctor' in rural Northwest China. He had previously been to medical school. I was impressed to learn how rural health workers used the limited resources available to dedicate themselves to serving their patients in the countryside."

这次回国的经历让梁秉中记忆犹新。他说：“我还记得曾经在西北农村遇到过一位‘赤脚医生’，他受过医学教育。这些山区医生利用当地有限的资源全心服务百姓的精神令我动容。”

Valuable memories

He participated in a US charity program that went to various hospitals to help. Leung compared the experience to being "parachuted in". He immediately saw the need to enhance patient rehabilitation and consequently started his own charit, Operation Concern.

梁秉中曾经参与过一个美国的医疗慈善项目。他们到大大小小的医院提供救助。他将此称为“空降式”救助。这段经历使他认识到加强康复治疗的重要性，于是他发起了慈善项目—关怀行动。

"At one hospital we saw 500 or 600 patients during the 10 days we were there. The operating rooms were in constant use and the visiting doctors, from Operation Concern, performed operations on all those who needed them," said Leung, adding that they often worked until 3 am or later.

他说：“关怀行动中，我们曾经十天内在一家医院接待了五六百位病人。手术一直未曾间断，我们的医生给所有需要手术的患者进行了积极治疗。这段时间里，我们常常在手术室工作到凌晨3、4点。”

"We tried to educate the local doctors while we worked, so that they could take over from us once we had left. We scoured local factories for suitable materials to make medical devices, because although we had brought some with us, the local doctors would need more in the future."

“我们在救助过程中，还尝试对当地的医生进行培训，确保我们离开后他们也能把工作继续下去。我们还在那里的工厂寻找适合做医疗设施的材料。虽然我们自己也带了一些，但他们需要更多才能维持将来的工作。”

Contributions

Leung and other medical workers from Hong Kong have seen 25,000 patients in remote areas and completed 4,500 operations over the past 25 years. They have also treated more than 600 orphans and ensured the children had a healthy lifestyle.

过去的25年里，梁秉中等香港医务工作者在内地偏远地区诊治了25000名患者，完成了4500台手术，还为600多名孤儿提供了治疗，使他们重回健康。