Xie Linka

Xie Linka (born 1981, Chinese: 谢琳卡; pinyin: Xiè Línkǎ) is a Chinese female doctor, known as one of the whistleblowers of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, China.

Education

She graduated with a PhD from the Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and is the attending physician of the Cancer Center at Wuhan Union Hospital.[1][2][3]

Messages by Xie Linka in the WeChat Group of “肿瘤中心” at 20:43 on 30 December, 2019
* 各位老师好，我传染病院的师妹发在我们同门群里的消息：

近期不要到华南海鲜市场去，那里现在发生了多人患不明原因肺炎（类似非典），今天我们医院已收治了多例华南海鲜市场的肺炎病人。（抱拳）（抱拳）

  • 大家注意戴口罩和通风

Dear teachers, my coworker from the infectious ward shared with us an information from there:
In the coming days please avoid Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, several people from there suffer from an pneumonia of unknown origin (similar to SARS). Today our hospital has already received several patients from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market with pneumonia.

Screenshot from the Caixin report[4]

Whistleblowing incident

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 30 December 2019, Xie Linka published a message in the WeChat group of the Cancer Center at Wuhan Union Hospital, where she works.

She stated, "Don't visit Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the near future. Right now, many people there have contacted unexplained pneumonia (similar to SARS). Our hospital has admitted many pneumonia patients from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market today. Everyone, please pay attention to wearing masks and keep your room ventilated," and said that her source was "news posted in our alum group by a junior female from my hospital."

Police Call

Around 3 January 2020, Xie received a courteous phone call from the Wuhan Police, instructing her not to spread "false information".[4]

Interview Comment

Xie later stated in an interview that her “early warning” to the public was part of a doctor's duty.[5]

See also

References
  1. Salo, Jackie (2020-02-10). "More Chinese doctors claim backlash for sounding coronavirus alarm". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  2. AsiaNews.it. "China cracking down on the free information virus about the epidemic". www.asianews.it. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  3. "Chinese doctor says he was punished after warning about coronavirus outbreak". fox8.com. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  4. 覃建行; 王颜玉 (2020-02-01). 王逸吟 (ed.). "新冠肺炎又一"吹哨人"现身 曾被警方口头教育". 财新网. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  5. 张晓晖 (2020-02-01). "专访武汉"造谣"者之一谢琳卡医生：我的事情其实很简单，希望更多支援医护人员抗疫物资". 经济观察网. Retrieved 2020-02-08.


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