CQ Doctors' Foreign Aid Diaries|Huang Jingrui: He saves a dying baby and names her 'Mu Lan'

"I suggested that the patient needed to undergo surgery immediately, but the local doctors hesitated for they hadn't operated on such a small baby, especially a brain surgery," Huang said. With the time going by, if the wound was infected, the baby would die. "We can't give up any life," Huang said to local doctors.

Local doctors finally agreed with Huang's proposal. Huang and his teammate Tang Wanli, an analgesist, had a discussion in detail with the local doctors.They made a thorough operation plan and emergency preplan.

The next day, the operation went well, and finished within just over an hour.

However, due to the hot weather and nutritional care deficiency, the baby's wound ulcerated. That was unexpected for everyone. The local medical condition was limited, and the hospital couldn't even provide some basic medicines like aquae hydrogenii dioxidi which is very common in China.

"I can't let her in danger again!" Huang decided to try his best to find aquae hydrogenii dioxidi. He went to drug stores in Port Moresby and finally found what he needed. With everyone's efforts, the baby recovered well.

It was incredible for local doctors about what Huang did so much. They all said that "China, so great."

On August 18th, the baby was discharged from the hospital. Her mother invited Huang to give the baby a Chinese name, hoping she could remember that the Chinese medical team gave her a second life. Huang named her "Mulan" with glad. "I sincerely hope she can be brave and strong like our ancient heroine Mulan, and hope more that she can grow up healthily."

On August 25th, Post Courier, the mainstream media of PNG, published the story about Huang and the baby Mulan, which evoked tremendous responses. Daniel, the security staff in the post of medical team, gave Huang a thumbs-up sign with the newspaper in his hand.

Huang stuck to his post for more than 400 days in PNG. "No matter curing patients or teaching local doctors, they were all our duties in PNG," Huang said. "The days in PNG and the friendship between me and local people would be my unforgettable memories in my life. "