In that particular decade, many talented people were treated unfairly. These talents, who fought in the south and the north during the revolutionary period and made great contributions to the construction of New China, were proud and tenacious, and even in the face of injustice, they firmly defended their dignity, even at the cost of their lives.
Among them, there is a deputy minister of health named Shi Shuhan, who studied medicine in Japan in his early years, and later joined the Eighth Route Army, and also saw a doctor for ***. However, in 1966, after the beginning of the ten-year special period, Shi Shuhan could not bear the insult and chose to commit suicide.
Let's explore the story of Shi Shuhan and learn about his tenacity and dignity.
Shi Shuhan was born in Chengbei Village, Chengguan Town, Qinyuan County, Shanxi Province in 1909, and studied in his hometown when he was young. After graduating, he began his medical career in Kaifeng, Henan Province, where he worked as an apprentice in a private hospital.
In the process, he did not indulge himself, but studied while working. In 1929, he was admitted to Lichuan Zhi Medical College in Shanxi Province. During his time at the school, Shi Shuhan was given the opportunity to stay and teach at the school with his excellent performance.
In order to further improve himself, in 1935, he was sent to Japan to study at the Faculty of Medicine of Tokyo Imperial University, specializing in human anatomy, and accumulated a wealth of medical experience.
In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression spread. Shi Shuhan, a resolute returnee from Japan, was in the midst of this torrent of national peril. When he arrived in Tianjin, the horn of war had sounded, and he rushed to the anti-Japanese front line in Shanxi without hesitation and threw himself into the battle to resist Japan and save the country.
In the rear hospital in Shanxi, he served as the medical director, and practiced his love for the motherland and deep affection for the people with practical actions. In November 1937, Shi Shuhan went to Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, and threw himself into the arms of the Eighth Route Army.
At the Eighth Route Army Health School, he relied on his profound medical knowledge and noble medical ethics to impart medical skills and cultivate batches of outstanding medical talents. Soon after, he was transferred to the General Hospital of the Eighth Route Army and continued to contribute to the medical cause of the Eighth Route Army.
In 1940, the General Hospital of the Eighth Route Army was moved to Yan'an and renamed China Medical University. Shi Shuhan served as the vice president and made outstanding contributions to the development of medical education in China with a broader vision and a deep sense of responsibility.
His deeds will always be engraved in the historical picture scroll of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, inspiring us to always remember history and forge ahead.
In the fiery years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Shi Shuhan adhered to his original intention and continued to train medical talents for the revolutionary cause. He is not only a leader in medical education, but also a good teacher for teaching and educating people, not only imparting medical knowledge to students, but also providing medical services for leaders, including heavyweights such as ***, who have been carefully diagnosed and treated by Shi Shuhan.
During the Yan'an period, Shi Shuhan was a well-known doctor in the border area, he had superb medical skills, noble medical ethics, and actively relieved the pain of the people, and was a good doctor who was highly praised.
During the Liberation War, Shi Shuhan has been working in the Northwest Military Region and has always adhered to the cause of medical care. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as the director of the Education Division and the Director of the Training Bureau of the Ministry of Health of the Fourth Military Medical University and the General Logistics Department, and in 1955, he received the rank of colonel and became the founding colonel.
In 1957, Shi Shuhan was appointed director of the Health Bureau of the Ministry of Health, mainly responsible for the health care tasks of the leadership.
Shi Shuhan is responsible for the health care work led by ** with his superb medical skills, which reflects the high respect and absolute trust of the organization. During that special three-year period of natural disasters, he did his best to ensure the health of the leader.
Despite the difficulties faced by health care work, because many leaders voluntarily gave up meat, Shi Shuhan still developed a scientific and reasonable meal plan to help the leaders effectively replenish nutrition.
After the abolition of the Health Bureau in 1965, Shi Shuhan was transferred to the Ministry of Health and became the vice minister of health, and was promoted to a vice-ministerial-level cadre in New China. However, in the ten-year special period that began in 1966, Shi Shuhan, as a cadre, inevitably suffered shocks and **.
On August 25, 1966, Shi Shuhan, who was unbearable for humiliation, chose to commit suicide by taking medicine at the age of 57.