Stimulating Youth and Ambition | Zhang Shiyan: Let Youth Ideal Bloom in Ali Region of Xizang on the Snow covered Plateau | Zhang Shiyan | Youth
CCTV news: Zhang Shiyan, who graduated from Zunyi Medical University majoring in pharmacy in 2018, chose Ali People's Hospital in Xizang for employment that year. In the past five years, she learned to speak Tibetan, grew up to be the backbone of the hospital's business, and married and settled down there. Today, let's approach this admirable angel in white together, who inspires youth with determination.
Reviewing prescriptions, dispensing medication to patients according to the prescription, and explaining to patients how to take medication and other related matters is Zhang Shiyan's daily routine as a pharmacist.
The Ali region of Xizang, where Zhang Shiyan works, has an average altitude of more than 4500 meters and is known as the "roof of the roof of the world". With thin air and sparse population, it is one of the regions with the most difficult natural conditions on earth. In 2018, Zhang Shiyan, who just graduated from Zunyi Medical University, saw a recruitment message from the People's Hospital of Ali Region in Xizang, and soon made his own choice to go to the far western border of Ali region for employment.
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Zhang Shiyan, pharmacist of the People's Hospital of Ali Prefecture in Xizang: I am a native of a small mountain village in Guizhou. I have witnessed the rapid development of my hometown in the past 20 years. I know that the development of a remote place needs more people to build.
Compared to my hometown that is getting better and better, I want to go to a place that needs me more. With such a simple and simple idea, Zhang Shiyan came to the People's Hospital of Ali Region in Xizang. Although she thought she was mentally prepared, Zhang Shiyan actually had no concept of the plateau. She felt that at most, the food and accommodation were almost the same. But when she first came to Alibaba in August 2018, she realized that the hardships here were completely different from what she had imagined.
Zhang Shiyan, pharmacist of the People's Hospital of Ali Prefecture, Xizang: When I first arrived, I was obviously breathless after walking a few steps, and then my heart beat was obviously accelerated, so I had to slow down.
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The strong altitude sickness brings serious insomnia and headaches. Zhang Shiyan said that the greater difficulty lies in how to overcome physical discomfort, seize the time to familiarize oneself with work, and strive to work independently as soon as possible. Without practical experience, she used her off work time to seek advice and learn from her seniors; If you can't remember the placement of the medicine, just copy it down and simulate it in your mind over and over again; She couldn't remember the instructions for the medicine, so she copied them and took them back to the dormitory to memorize. After several months of hard work, her professional skills have become increasingly exquisite, and her body has gradually adapted to the plateau.
Zhang Shiyan, pharmacist of the People's Hospital of Ali Prefecture in Xizang: What touched me most was that when I first started my independent duty, I still encountered a situation where I could not communicate with patients. Whenever I called my Tibetan colleagues in the pharmacy, they would help me translate to patients.
Although she received selfless help from her colleagues, Zhang Shiyan understood that in order to do her job well, she needed to truly establish herself in the local area and make the people believe and accept her, in order to learn Tibetan. Zhang Shiyan used all her time to practice diligently and mastered the common language of pharmacy windows in about half a year.
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Zhang Shiyan, pharmacist of the People's Hospital of Ali Prefecture in Xizang: After I explained the medication to my Tibetan compatriots in Tibetan, they would praise me for speaking Tibetan well several times. I think this is recognition and praise for my work.
After 5 years of practice and research, Zhang Shiyan has now grown into a backbone of the pharmacy department in the People's Hospital of Alibaba region. In the past five years, she has also witnessed great changes in the medical conditions in Ali region. The People's Hospital in Ali region of Xizang has been upgraded from Grade II Grade A to Grade III Grade B when she first started her career. The number of employees has grown from more than 200 in 2018 to more than 400 now. The total number of patients served annually has risen from more than 69000 in 2018 to more than 180000 in 2022. In 2022, Zhang Shiyan gained her love and married her boyfriend whom she met in Alibaba. She settled down in Alibaba.
Zhang Shiyan, pharmacist of the People's Hospital of Ali Region in Xizang: The motto of my alma mater, Zunyi Medical University, is "to be honest and practical". I think it is to achieve and apply what you have learned, and use what you have learned to do something useful for the society.
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