Young people determined to study medicine
Gu, 1926, a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, had a well-off family and lived a quiet life. His father, Gu Guoguang, works in the customs. When Gu was 4 years old, his father was unfortunately infected with Kala-azar, but it was a backward era, and his father died shortly after he was cured.
At that time, only Gu's mother left with four children and a younger brother. The family gradually declined, and Xiao Gu lived a very hard life. Fortunately, my mother didn't leave them, but she was determined to learn a craft to support her family. First, she went to a primary school as a teacher. Later, she was admitted to Guangji Midwifery Vocational School. After finishing her studies, she went to Tianjin as a midwife. From then on, she began a career woman that was rare at that time.
Gu is greatly influenced by his mother, and his kind character and hard-working spirit depend on her teaching. His mother also taught him to be a useful person to society. After graduating from primary school, Gu followed his eldest brother to study in Hebei and exercised his ability to live independently. After junior high school, he was admitted to yenching university Affiliated School and wanted to study medicine in Yanjing in the future. Unfortunately, the war broke out half a year later, and their brothers had to go back to Tianjin, but Tianjin soon fell.
1944 After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the Medical College of Peking University to study medicine. Because of the situation at that time, he was greatly impacted ideologically and emotionally. /kloc-joined the China * * * production party in 0/948, determined to serve the people. 1950, he is about to graduate, facing the problem of graduation distribution. With his medical talent, Gu could have become an excellent surgeon, but he didn't think so. He felt that being an ordinary doctor could save lives, but the poor sanitary conditions in New China at that time needed more human resources to improve.
At that time, New China had just been established, people generally did not have the concept of public health, infectious diseases spread widely, and the situation of maternal and child health was grim. He resolutely devoted himself to public health and worked in Dalian Institute of Health. 195 1 was sent to the Soviet union to study virology. After returning to China, he served as deputy director of encephalitis city of Ministry of Health. 1957, he was ordered to start studying polio at a critical moment, and he began his life with polio.
"Grandpa Sugar Pill" Gu
Polio, also known as polio, mainly affects children aged 1-6. The virus of poliomyelitis can invade the motor cells of human central nervous system, which will make some patients disabled for life, perform poorly and even die. What's more, it will break out on a large scale like the flu.
Polio was first reported in China at 1930, and several cases were reported later, but all of them were scattered clinical cases. The first polio epidemic was in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province 1953. At that time, there were as many as 2607 cases of polio, with a large number of people and a high mortality rate. When Gu came back from the Soviet Union, the epidemic was erupting on a large scale and appeared alternately all over the country. But this disease is very strange in China, and once it breaks out, it can't be cured.
From 65438 to 0959, the Ministry of Health decided to send Gu and Dong Dexiang to the Soviet Union to inspect the production technology of polio vaccine. The Soviet Union didn't take them to see polio research. Soon after, they also found that the polio vaccine in the Soviet Union was very harmful and might have adverse consequences.
They still have to develop their own vaccines, especially the dead vaccines are too harmful, so they decided to study the available live vaccines they can produce. After returning to China, they came to Kunming, Yunnan, and set up a biological research institute to develop live polio vaccine. At that time, the conditions were very difficult, even the vaccine production line was built by them bit by bit, but it was under such conditions that they developed the vaccine.
However, the vaccine has not been finished yet, and there are still many problems to be solved urgently. The first thing to bear the brunt is human experiments. This vaccine has been tested on adults and is harmless. However, the incidence of polio is mainly in childhood, and large-scale children's experiments are needed to really promote it.
But this is very dangerous, there will be adverse reactions and even life-threatening. How many parents are willing to let their children take this risk? At this point, Gu's baby is still in its infancy. He took the risk of giving it to his children. After several weeks, there were no adverse reactions. He began to try with the experimenter and finally gave it to the children.
What a strong fearless spirit this is! Later, with their insistence, the vaccine was slowly successful, which was the first live polio vaccine in the world. This live vaccine can successfully block poliovirus, but the action time is not long enough. Later, they cooperated with a pharmaceutical factory in Shanghai to develop a sugar pill, which we all ate when we were children. Gu is also affectionately known as "Grandpa Sugar Pill".
Do only one thing in your life
Although the vaccine is ready, the epidemic has not disappeared. 1988 The Ministry of Health issued a polio eradication plan. Since then, Gu has started a long road to eradicate polio. Polio has occurred all over the country, and people's health concept is not enough. The road to polio eradication has a long way to go. From 65438 to 0988, Gu traveled all over the country and actively participated in the meetings of inspection and confirmation committees for polio eradication.
It was not until 2000, after 12, that polio was completely eradicated in China. At the presentation ceremony, he solemnly signed his name and said, "I am very happy to attend today's ceremony, and I am very excited." Polio eradication is another great feat of mankind after smallpox eradication, and we should remember this moment. In order to achieve this goal, Gu and his companions spent more than forty years. What a difficult and long road it is!
20 19 Gu's death, except in the medical field, did not cause a great sensation, which was not consistent with his achievements, but it was just like his own personality, approachable, rigorous and helpful. The Sri Lankan has passed away, and his story is still circulating in the world. Although he may not care, we still have to say "thank you" to him.