At the end of the first lunar month, Zhuang Liangjin, vice director of the Quality Management Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, signed a request. When he learned that a group of medical staff was about to be sent to Wuhan, Zhuang asked to join them.

Although Zhuang started his career as a medical student, he has been working in hospital management for several years. His duty, which is to heal the wounded and rescue the dying, is still important for him. “Every practitioner, even those who are not working in the clinical field, should have such feelings. If there is an opportunity to go to the forefront, I will be there,” said Zhuang.

As a team liaison, Zhuang Liangjin is responsible for several tasks, such as personnel dispatch, training, logistic support, psychological counseling, and communication with the relevant departments and other tasks.

After receiving the notice, Zhuang started to think about the needs of the logistics support in Wuhan. One of the things that impacted him the most was seeing the first-line medical workers creased faces in the news. He knew that wearing protective masks could ulcerate and infect the skin. Zhuang collected hydrocolloids, bandages, and other supplies and took them with him on the plane.

On the night he arrived in Wuhan, he had already put everything into work. The teams in the hospital were already formed. Since Zhuang has management experience, he had the responsibility of choosing the heads of each group. At the same time, he was in charge of supervising every team leader. “Materials need to be recorded in detail; this is critical in logistics support,” stated Zhuang.

Since Zhuang received more than 100 calls a day and thousands of WeChat messages, his phone spent half of its battery just in a couple of hours. Zhuang had to charge his mobile phone almost twice a day, whenever he had some time to rest or eat something.

In addition to the tasks mentioned above, Zhuang was often busy with meetings with other medical workers. When he arrived at the hotel, he continued working, organizing data reports, admissions, and clinical cases. In his first days in Wuhan, he could only rest two hours a day. “Protecting the team members is my mission. We must bring them back home safely,” said Zhuang Liangjin.

On the morning of February 23, people from the World Health Organization (WHO) visited the wards and praised the work done by the medical teams.