Stay Together Call for Donation to Support Medical Staff at Beijing Medical University
Dear Alumni and Friends of Beijing Medical University (BMU),
When Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) attacked Beijing in early April, Peking University Health Science Center (former Beijing Medical University), the top medical school in China, was put in the center of this storm overnight. At the same time all BMU affiliated hospitals have been at the forefront of this war since the beginning of the outbreak, especially the three large general hospitals (the Peking University First Hospital, the People’s Hospital, and the Peking University Third Hospital). To face this disaster, the physicians and nurses in our Alma Mater used their bodies as a line of defense. Although they know more clearly than anyone else that how dangerous SARS is and the permanent damage associated with infection, nobody hesitated to do their duty. Their actions exemplify the Hippocratic Oath. Up to May 1st, the Peking University First Hospital, the People’s Hospital, and the Peking University Third Hospital had already treated more than 700 SARS patients, which is more than a fourth of the total SARS patients in Beijing (there are more than thirty similar sized hospitals in Beijing). So far, over 1,900 BMU medical staff members have been sent to the forefront and another 2,500 medical staff members are on the waiting list. Those physicians and nurses have to work for weeks under intense pressure and grave danger. They have fought very hard and paid a heavy price.
At the Peking University First Hospital, 26 medical staff members are infected with SARS. There are 3 specific SARS wards plus the observation ward of the Emergency Department for SARS patient treatment. More than 450 medical staff members have been sent to other hospitals to manage another 124 beds for SARS patients.
At the People’s Hospital, 76 medical staff members are infected with SARS. It was closed on April 23rd due to serious SARS contamination. About 700 medical staff members are under quarantine inside the hospital. 71 medical staff members were sent to other hospitals to treat SARS patients.
At the Peking University Third Hospital, 18 medical staff number have been infected with SARS. 223 medical staff members were sent to other hospitals to treat SARS patients.
Since the disease is not totally under control, the number of infected medical staff members may increase in the near future.
Although we are far away from our homeland, we never stop paying attention to the developing situation. We would like to call you for donations. It is time to support our medical staff; it is the time to support our school. At this time, we can not directly participate in the clinical treatment, but we can still let the medical staff know that they are not alone. Our hearts are with them and our blessings go along with them through the storm together.
The Goal: To support the medical staff at BMU who were infected with SARS while on the job. If the amount of money is not enough, we plan to buy the personal protection equipment.
Sponsor: Some alumni of BMU in North America Contact: Yu Xiao yuxiao@microsoft.com Yu Zhang Yu_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Method: We invited the Chinese Student and Scholar Association at the University of Michigan (UM-CSSA) to help us manage the donation account. (For more information about the account management issue, please contact the President of UM-CSSA, Mr. Hao YU at umcssa@umich.edu.) Donors can mail checks in US dollar to the following address:
BMU Alumni SARS Donation Coordination Team c/o Yu Xiao 4777 148th Ave. NE, Apt. C-104 Bellevue, WA 98007
Please make checks payable to "UM-CSSA". For tax deduction, please make checks payable to “Ann Hua Chinese School”. We will send receipt to you. Please indicate "BMU Alumni SARS Donation" in the memo on the check. We will transfer your donations to BMU via China Red Cross. Please tell us your email address when mailing checks so that we can send you the confirmation of receiving your checks. If you are the alumni of BMU, please indicate your enrollment year, graduation year, and major. If you do not want your full name appears on the donation list, please tell us.
The Management: We have a specific webpage to show the development of the donation funding; it will be refreshed daily and can be browsed both from China and North America. We have one team in Beijing to monitor the use of the donated money. We will ask the hospitals to supply a list of people who are eligible for donations. Our Beijing team will check that list.
Cooperation: www.ChaseDream.com (the largest league of Chinese MBA students in elite business schools. They will help us establish webpage, provide volunteers, and manage the use of donation money in Beijing)
Chinese Student and Scholar Association at the University of Michigan (UM-CSSA) (They will help us manage the donation account. They already successfully drove the donation campaign for SARS patients in Western China)
Ann Hua Chinese School (They generously provide non-profit account number for this donation)
Superintendent: Yu, Guofu, J.D. Beijing Eagle Law Firm
Beijing Team: Yi, Xiaodong, M.D. (BMU 86’ Clinical Medicine) The associated professor of Dept. of Orthopedics, Peking University First Hospital 8610-66171122-2655
Huang, Shengxuan (representative of ChaseDream.com) 86-13601093058
Yu, Guofu, J.D. Beijing Eagle Law Firm 8610-85804928[/face]