A healthy China requires more respect for doctors

A video shows a doctor who keeps on working even though he is tired that he bends over his desk to write a case report for his patient. [Photo by Yao Yao/chinadaily.com.cn]

More respect and confidence should be given to doctors and nurses in building a healthy China, according to the acclaimed works outshined in the awards ceremony of the 2016 Healthy China Micro-videos Competition in Beijing on Saturday.

Seventeen micro-videos featuring family doctors, self-actualization of doctors, emergency treatment and common doctor-patient interactions in hospitals outshined themselves among all 510 videos, which have been collected across China since the competition launched on Jan 14.

"The Competition, hosted by the Health and Family Planning Culture Promotion Platform of National Health and Family Planning Commission and Population Culture Development Center of National Health and Family Planning Commission, aims to solicit advice and ideas on health policies, development of healthy industries around China," said Feng Wen, director of the Population Culture Development Center.

One of the prize-winning videos illustrates an emergency treatment, where the female doctor decides to perform an operation after saying the patient can have one percent chance to live if she performs the operation, or the patient will die without the operation.

"Growing up to be a doctor is my childhood dream, though it's a pity I didn't realize that dream. Thanks to my family members, I have a close contact with doctors and nurses. They are the same as ordinary us, however, they devote more in their daily lives," said Liu Jun, whose video illustrated doctors' hard work and their relations with patients. The video was listed among top 10 of the competition.

Liu added, "I made this video with an intention to let people better understand doctors and nurses, also to pay more respects and give doctors and nurses more confidence, and then build a harmonious doctor-patient relationship. I think patients will be stronger when they join hands with doctors."

Besides the videos describing doctor-patient relationship, a video from Peking Union Medical College Hospital illustrates the reasons behind pancreatic cancer in a relaxing and acceptable cartoon form.

"It's still a long way to build a healthy China, which calls for building a quality and highly efficient medical and health service system," said Mao Qun'an, head of Department of Communications, National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Mao added, "It's urgent to develop health industry such as family doctors, since there is a short supply of health services nowadays in the country facing a large aging population."

Feng Wen gives awards to prize-winning teams at the the awards ceremony of the 2016 Healthy China Micro-videos Competition in Beijing, May 28, 2016. [Photo by Yao Yao/chinadaily.com.cn]