Qiu Fazu
Qiu Fazu, Chinese裘 法 祖, Pinyin Qiu Fǎzǔ (* December 6, 1914 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, † June 14, 2008 in Wuhan, Hubei) was a Chinese surgeon and savior of Jewish prisoners. In the People's Republic of China, he is considered the " father of Chinese Surgery ."
Life
Because of the early death of his mother, who had died in China because of inadequate medical care in 1933 of appendicitis, Qiu wanted to study medicine. First, he graduated from the "German School of Medicine " in Shanghai, the predecessor of today's Tongji University. Then he went in 1936 as a Humboldt Fellow at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich. There he was in November 1939 all exams with distinction, was awarded his doctorate for Dr. med and received his license. From then on he was allowed to work as a doctor in Germany.
In September 1944, Qiu was senior physician. On April 1 and May 30, 1945 thousands of concentration camp prisoners were on their death march from Dachau concentration camp through Bad Tölz. Qiu headed there as a 31 -year-old chief physician to the field hospital redeveloped " Jodquellenhof ". During these days he was led by the Munich Student Nurse Loni to a group of about 40 prisoners, guarded by the SS stood on the street outside the hospital. Qiu later: " A heap of misery, sick and weak, they could not go on and crouched on the ground. " He took his courage and told the soldiers: " These prisoners have typhoid. We have to take. "He hid the concentration camp prisoners until the war ended in the basement of the hospital and took care of them healthy. His German colleagues helped him as well as student nurse Loni, who married Qiu after the war ended in 1945.
In 1946, Qiu returned with his German wife, who later called himself Qiu Luoyi and 1958 took Chinese citizenship, returned to Shanghai. There he worked as head of the surgical department at the "Sino -US Hospital", which was attached Tongji University. During Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), he was, among other things used for cleaning toilets. During this time, he found great support in his wife.
After the "revolution" Qiu was in 1978, Vice President of Tongji Medical University in Wuhan, which was now completely shifted from the Tongji University in Shanghai to Wuhan and today is a division of the local University of Science and Technology Central China. In addition, he became head of the Organ Transplant Research Institute. In 1981 he was the rector of his university, and from 1984 until his death he was the honorary rector.
Qiu was one of the most respected surgeons in China, the pioneer of China's Organ Transplant, wrote a still valid and often aufgelegtes standard textbook of surgery and was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1975 to 1993 he was also a member of the Communist Party of China deputy of the 4th to the 7th National People's Congress.
Qiu died at 94 years, and was buried on June 14, 2008 in Wuhan.