When the light returns

In the fourth week of their stay, a sudden outbreak of acute conjunctivitis followed a period of heavy rainfall. The highly contagious infection quickly spread among outpatients, local staff, and even hotel workers the team was assisting.

Faced with the crisis, Liu's team consulted with colleagues at GX Foundation and made the decision to continue their work rather than suspend surgeries. They swiftly put strict infection control measures in place: infected staff were required to rest, infected patients were not allowed into the hospital, and surgeries for those affected were postponed. As a result, no postoperative patients contracted the infection.