Liu Wen (doctor)

Liu Wen (刘文) is one of the "whistleblowers" of the COVID-19 pandemic and a doctor working in the neurology department at Wuhan Red Cross Hospital.[1]

Not to be confused with his colleague Li Wenliang.

Life
Messages by Liu Wen in the WeChat group "协和红会神内" (Union Red Cross Neuro) at 19:39 on 30 December, 2019
* 刚刚二医院后湖院区确诊一例冠状感染性病毒肺炎，也许华南周边会隔离。洗手！口罩！手套！
  • SARS已基本确定，护士妹妹们别出去晃了。
[in English?]

Screenshots from the Caixin Report[2]

Liu studied clinical medicine in the Medical Department of Wuhan University and works in Wuhan Red Cross Hospital. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, at 19:39 pm on 30 December 2019, he posted a message in his work WeChat group[3] "协和红会神内 (Union Red Cross Neuro)", saying "Just now a case of infectious coronavirus pneumonia was confirmed in the Houhu District of the Second Hospital. Maybe the places around Huanan will be quarantined.""SARS has been basically confirmed. Nurse sisters don't go out and about. " On 31 December, relevant departments of the hospital interviewed him, asked him for his source, and told him "don't spread fabricated rumours". Liu wrote down the incident accompanied by two police officers. In news interviews afterwards, he said that at that time he heard that it was pneumonia by coronavirus infection, and what he had impression of was only SARS and MERS, and that he reminded medical staff to pay more attention to safety as he considered that there might be person-to-person transmission.[2][4]

On 7 February, Caixin visited Liu. Liu said that he was called by the police to the police station around 2 January.[5] The police asked for the source of the news and what happened, listed written transcripts, and then asked Liu to sign and press handprints, but he received no written reprimanding like Li Wenliang did. Liu said the trip to the police station caused some pressure on him, but he did not regret it. Caixin said that "whistleblower" Liu Wen, like the other two doctors who were treated by the public security police, Li Wenliang and Xie Linka, did not know whether he was one of the eight people put on the public notice.[2]

See also

References
  1. AsiaNews.it. "China cracking down on the free information virus about the epidemic". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  2. "第三名吹哨人现身：刘文医生仍在抗疫一线". www.caixin.com.
  3. Salo, Jackie (10 February 2020). "More Chinese doctors claim backlash for sounding coronavirus alarm". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. "另一被训诫医生：医生就是要说实话_一手实拍-梨视频官网-Pear Video". www.pearvideo.com.
  5. "'I am just exhausted': Chinese doctors press on after coronavirus whistle-blower died". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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