A few days ago, a rare old man came to the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Shanghai Changzheng Hospital and made a special trip to the 31st floor ward to express his gratitude to the treatment team of Prof. Wu Lihui, deputy director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery. The old man, surnamed Jiang, is 72 years old. One month ago, Jiang suddenly felt chest pain, which increased day by day, so he came to the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Long March Hospital at the beginning of January 2015 for consultation. Professor Wu Lihui, deputy director of the department, and attending physicians Xiao Jian and Kang Bo admitted Jiang, and after a careful examination, found that a tumor-like lesion had grown in the posterior mediastinum of Jiang’s chest. Some of the posterior mediastinal tumors are benign, but some are malignant. Moreover, no matter what the nature of the tumor is, if the tumor is allowed to develop and affect the nerves, it may lead to severe pain and even the risk of paraplegia. Therefore, Deputy Director U Li Hui decided to perform surgery for Jiang Lao. However, one day close to the surgery, Attending Physician Xiao Jian realized that Jiang was silently packing his bags and preparing to go home. It turned out that Mr. Jiang was a widowed elderly man with no relatives except his sister who was over 80 years old, and his family was in financial difficulties, so he could not afford to pay for the surgery and the postoperative treatment. Even worse, as the end of the year approached, the blood supply in the hospital blood bank and even the Shanghai central blood station was very tight, usually requiring family members to donate blood in order to get priority blood, which was obviously unrealistic for Jiang Lao. So he reluctantly decided to give up the surgery and go home to recuperate. Dr. Xiao Jian reported the situation to Associate Professor Wu Lifui, who immediately said that he could not watch the helpless old man suffer because of these objective reasons. So Prof. Wu contacted Director Tang Xiaofeng of the blood bank and the relevant departments of the hospital, explaining the situation and hoping to open a green channel for blood use and to reduce or waive the fees to a certain extent. Director Tang of the Blood Bank, Deputy Director Xu Haitao of the Department of Anesthesiology and the relevant departments of the hospital attached great importance to the news and said that they would make every effort to guarantee the old man’s surgery. In the end, after fully evaluating Jiang’s condition, the blood bank provided extra blood guarantee, and the anesthesiology department and other departments actively mobilized to provide many equipments including ultrasonic knife free of charge, reducing the overall cost to the minimum, almost free of charge for the old man. on January 9, deputy director of Wu Lihui successfully performed the minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery for the old man. The surgery was a success. A day later, Jiang could get out of bed and walk on his own. Prof. Wulihui contacted the medical insurance office of the hospital to discuss the reimbursement of the old man’s expenses and the reduction of his co-payment. In the end, the old man was discharged from the hospital after completing all the treatments with only more than 1,000 yuan of out-of-pocket expenses. On his way out, Mr. Jiang thanked Prof. Wu Lifui and Long March Hospital again, but in everyone’s eyes, Mr. Jiang’s health and smile were the best return for everyone’s efforts. He has almost no relatives, but when he needs help, the People’s Army doctors are his relatives!