Sowers of Light

Baicheng Center Hospital, vice president, director of ophthalmology Li Xiaodong, 16 years from the medical profession, in the ordinary medical positions, with exquisite medical skills, noble medical ethics, so that thousands of blind patients back to the world of light, to realize their dreams. She is affectionately called “the messenger of light” by patients. Graduated from the Department of Clinical Medicine of Baiqiu’en Medical University in July 1993, she returned to her hometown of Baicheng in the face of her mentor’s retention and the favor of several provincial hospitals, and positioned the coordinates of her own life in the cause of ophthalmology, and repaid the people in her hometown who raised her with the skills she learned. After engaging in ophthalmology clinical work, she devoted herself to study professional technology and mastered the diagnosis and treatment of common ophthalmologic diseases, emergency treatment and small and medium-sized surgeries in a relatively short period of time. 1995, during the ophthalmology training in the Second Clinical Hospital of Baikou’en University of Medical Sciences, she studied under the renowned ophthalmology experts, Prof. Zhang Xiaoguang and Prof. Zhang Wei, and made breakthroughs in both theory and technology, and carried out the glaucoma mini-conjunctival flap trabeculectomy in 1996. In 1996, he carried out the trabeculectomy of glaucoma with conjunctival flap, which made the glaucoma surgery qualitatively improved, and the success rate of the surgery was significantly improved and reached the advanced level in the province, filling the blank of the ophthalmology medicine in the city of Baicheng. Li Xiaodong, Department of Ophthalmology, Baicheng Center Hospital With the wealth of theoretical knowledge and the accumulation of clinical experience, she soon became the backbone of the department’s business. 1998, when she was swimming in the ocean of ophthalmology, a heavy burden was unknowingly pressed on her shoulders, and the hospital leadership decided to promote a strong and powerful ophthalmology leader with superb skills in the business, and since then Li Xiaodong has become the youngest director of the department of the Baicheng Center Hospital. Since then, Li Xiaodong has become the youngest director of Baicheng Center Hospital since its establishment. She knows that to be a really good doctor and a good leader, she must master excellent medical technology. To this end, she paid more attention to improve their professional theoretical level, read a large number of medical monographs and domestic and foreign references, and continue to learn from the nutrients, enrich themselves, almost every night to study until late at night, dedicated to ophthalmology medical research, and to understand the dynamics of ophthalmology development at home and abroad, and many times to the province and abroad to learn from the big hospitals. With this spirit of excellence and perseverance, Li Xiaodong has gained fruitful results in medical technology research, and has become a top talent in ophthalmology and a leader in the discipline. General routine surgery, for her has long been familiar with, some new projects surgery, but also do well, Li Xiaodong took the lead in the research and adoption of the “rectus medialis muscle excision orbital periosteum fixation” correction of fixed strabismus, to achieve the ideal effect of the eye position does not return after surgery, so that the patient a surgery, lifelong benefit. This result and the “improved levator ani shortening surgery to correct ptosis” have reached the leading level in the province and advanced level in China, and were awarded the second prize of scientific and technological progress in Baicheng City in 1998 and 2000 respectively. She always says, “Patients always look forward to getting rid of their illnesses, and we must relieve them of their pains with our best medical skills.” Pterygium is a common disease in ophthalmology, and the recurrence rate of traditional surgery is very high. In order to minimize the pain of the second surgery, she adopted “autologous corneal limbal epithelium combined with bulbar conjunctival transplantation for the treatment of pterygium”, and achieved the ideal effect of no recurrence after surgery. This project filled the gap in this field in our city and was awarded the first prize for scientific and technological progress in Baicheng City in 2004. Li Xiaodong has participated in many domestic ophthalmology academic conferences, academic exchanges, her papers have been praised by experts, has published more than ten papers in authoritative journals. 2002 won the “Baicheng City, the first youth science and technology awards.” According to preliminary statistics, only in recent years, by Li Xiaodong personally carried out all kinds of ophthalmology surgery has amounted to more than 4,000 cases, the treatment of fundus disease, ocular surface diseases, and the treatment of ocular surface diseases. According to preliminary statistics, only in recent years, Li Xiaodong has carried out more than 4,000 cases of various ophthalmic surgeries by his own hands, and has treated nearly 10,000 cases of fundus diseases, ocular surface diseases, and other eye diseases such as uveal diseases, which have been well received by patients and peers. Once, a couple brought a seven-year-old boy to the ward in a hurry. The child was accidentally stabbed in his left eye by a needle while playing with a syringe with his classmates a few days ago, and developed symptoms such as eye swelling and pain, tearing, and a sharp decline in vision, followed by blindness. The couple took their son to the local hospital for treatment, and were told that the best time for treatment had been lost and the eye could only be removed. In a pinch, they asked the Baicheng Center Hospital, a skilled ophthalmologist named Li Xiaodong, from hundreds of miles away from Wulanhua Township rushed to seek treatment. Li Xiaodong saw that the child’s eyelids had been severely inflamed, the conjunctiva was highly congested and edematous, and immediately did emergency surgery for him. more than three hours of surgery, the child’s eyeballs were saved. Soon after the operation, the child’s vision was restored to 0.4. According to the experts, it is not easy to save the eyeball of a patient with such a serious condition, and the ability to restore vision to 0.4 can be considered a miracle in ophthalmic surgery. “One person’s strength is not considered strong; more specialists should be trained to meet the needs of patients.” Under her teachings, seven doctors in the Department of Ophthalmology have been unique, some have been deputy chief physician, the Central Hospital Ophthalmology Department has also become the leading eye disease diagnosis and treatment specialty department in the Bai Cheng area. A grain of corn is planted in the spring and ten thousand seeds are harvested in the fall. Under the unremitting efforts of Li Xiaodong and the whole medical staff, the Department of Ophthalmology of Baicheng Central Hospital has reached the domestic advanced level in cataract ultrasonic emulsification IOL implantation, strabismus correction, retinal detachment reset, etc. More than 1,000 patients have been cured here with a satisfied smile, which has made Li Xiaodong and the Department of Ophthalmology of Baicheng Central Hospital famous, and the patients of ophthalmologic diseases inside and outside of the city have come to visit the department. Over the years, Li Xiaodong in the efforts to study the business at the same time, pay more attention to the cultivation of their own personality. She is always full of enthusiasm, patience and thoughtfulness to the patients, especially to the patients who have lost their eyesight, she gave them confidence, gave them hope. She devotes herself to them, treats them as her relatives, and helps them solve their illnesses and difficulties spiritually, materially and in any way she can. She treats patients equally, especially for some rural patients with financial difficulties, tries to arrange surgery in advance, shorten the number of days of hospitalization, reduce the cost and bring them hot meals and hot food. Many patients cured to express gratitude for her dinner or send money, send things, were she politely declined, refused to accept red packets, refused to eat please is her years of unchanged “regulations”, she believes that the doctor’s vocation is to save lives and help the injured, the patient to find a doctor for treatment, the doctor should be grateful to the patient, because the patient trusts the doctor, the doctor only has the existence of the value of the doctor, the doctor’s profession has the value of life! She believes that the doctor’s vocation is to save lives and heal the sick, and the doctor should thank the patients, because the patients trust the doctor, the doctor has the value of existence, the doctor’s profession has vitality, in order to develop, and the noble realm of life of Baek Chouen is her eternal pursuit. In the cataract blindness “vision first Chinese action” and “Pengnian bright action”, Li Xiaodong by the BaiCheng city government, the municipal disability federation entrusted by the blindness of the medical work, seriously carry out patient screening, treatment, follow-up and statistics, blindness restoration rate of 100%. In 2002, she was honored by the Jilin Disabled Persons’ Federation and the Baicheng City Government as an advanced individual at provincial and municipal levels, and was awarded the “Tenth Five-Year Plan” Advanced Group for Cataract Sight Restoration Work in the province with the entire ophthalmology department. Li Xiaodong’s biggest wish is to let the poor blind people see again, and help the blind and the whole family to get rid of poverty, she wants to spend her life to pay, with a lifetime to work hard for the development of ophthalmology and rehabilitation of people with disabilities in Baicheng City, to do a small part of the development of the cause. “Sword sharpness comes from sharpening, plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold.” Due to her excellent skills and outstanding contributions, Li Xiaodong has been appointed as a member of Fundus Disease Group of Ophthalmology Branch of Jilin Medical Association, a member of Ophthalmology Branch of Jilin Physicians’ Association, and a member of Standing Editorial Committee of Expert Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Modern Ophthalmology, and she was awarded the title of “Advanced Individual of Recruitment Work in the Province” by the People’s Government of Jilin Province and the Provincial Military Command in 2001, and the title of “Advanced Individual of Recruitment Work in the Province” in 2004. In 2004, he was awarded the title of “Ten Hundred Thousand” Advanced Individuals in the Soft Environment of Baicheng City, and in 2005, he was awarded the title of “Honest Individual” in the activity of creating “Hospital Honesty System” in the provincial health system. In 2006, he was awarded the title of excellent science and technology worker of Baicheng City during the period of “Tenth Five-Year Plan”, and in 2007, he became a member of Jilin Provincial Youth Science and Technology Workers’ Association, and in 2007, he was awarded the prize of “Technical Skill Training and Civilized Activity Competition” in Baicheng Central Hospital. In 2007, she was awarded the title of “Service Pioneer” in the “Technical Skill Training and Civilized Activity Competition” of Baicheng Central Hospital, and in 2008, she was awarded the title of “Women’s Pioneer” in Jilin Province. For all kinds of honors, she has always been the driving force for continuous improvement. Nowadays, Li Xiaodong is busy as usual in her ordinary work, exploring new treatment programs for eye diseases and relieving patients’ pain, this “messenger of light” has shaped the good image of a medical worker with her practical actions. There is no pride in front of success, she knows that the theory of medicine is profound and profound, there are still countless problems in the field waiting to be overcome, this achievement is just a drop in the ocean, she has set herself a higher goal, and strive to climb to a new peak.