One day in early May 1975, Zhou Enlai was taking a walk. Suddenly, the seriously ill Premier of the State Council asked the medical staff around him: "Tell the truth, how long can I last?"
Zhou Enlai
Faced with Premier Zhou's sudden problem, the medical staff at the scene of were stunned at first, and then immediately tried to squeeze out a smile, wanting to say a few words of comfort to get over it...
Seeing the medical staff's reaction, Zhou Enlai first looked up at the sky, as if looking for something; then, he smiled calmly, looked at the medical staff with a serious expression, and said to them seriously: "You must tell me the truth about my condition at any time, because there is still a lot of work, and I need to explain it."
Realizing that he could no longer be perfunctory, tears suddenly appeared in the medical staff's eyes. They answered Premier Zhou in a choked voice...
Long-term labor and diagnosed with cancer
Since going to France to work and study in the early 1920s, the young Zhou Enlai began to gradually establish the belief in communism , and in 1921 joined the Paris communist group , becoming one of the founders of the Communist Party of China.
Since then, Zhou Enlai has paid unimaginable energy and price for his lofty revolutionary ideals. He ran around, from leading workers' uprisings and military uprisings, doing secret work in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, to leading and commanding the Red Army and negotiating with the Kuomintang, this staunch communist fighter made countless achievements for the Communist Party in more than 20 years.
Finally, with the unremitting efforts of the vast number of revolutionary colleagues, the People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949, and the land of China entered a new era.
After the founding of New China, Zhou Enlai became the Prime Minister of the Government. In this important position, he has done everything every day, from internal affairs to diplomacy, and devoted himself to the country and the people.
Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai
In those years, although Premier Zhou was very busy with work, he rarely got sick due to his good physical fitness. can enter the mid-1960s. Due to the significant increase in workload and profound changes in the environmental situation, Zhou Enlai suffered a long-term overloaded working state and serious anxiety in his heart. made his physical condition worse and worse. .
After a long period of fatigue and lack of sleep, on February 2, 1967, a doctor diagnosed that Zhou Enlai, 69, at the time of , suffered from heart disease .
After learning the news, Premier Zhou's people were more anxious than him. The next day, staff and several old coaches posted a big-character poster at the door of Zhou Enlai's office. The above content is to persuade this workaholic to pay attention to sleep and take care of his body.
After Zhou Enlai saw it, he felt very warm inside. But he knew very well that with his position and current situation, it was not so easy to do this.
So, the Premier of the State Council wrote his reply in that big-character poster: "Accept sincerely, it depends on practice" . From this, we can see Zhou Enlai's seriousness and rigor in dealing with people and things. Instead of shouting slogans and agreeing, he objectively stated that this is not a very easy thing to do.
As expected, in April of the same year, when dealing with the Canton Fair related issues, Zhou Enlai worked for 84 hours in a row, equivalent to three and a half days. During this period, he never slept...
Zhou Enlai
was originally an old man in his 70s. In addition, he had been diagnosed with a heart disease, but he still devoted himself to his work so selflessly. is the deep love for the country and the people, which makes Premier Zhou so sleepless!
However, people are not iron-clad after all. Under the influence of factors such as excessive fatigue, tension and severe sleep deficiency, Zhou Enlai developed symptoms of angina pectoris and "frequency ventricular premature beats". In order to solve these problems, he needs to take oxygen and take medicine four times a day before going to bed every night.
Although treatment measures have been taken, Premier Zhou's physical condition is still quite worrying.On September 27, 1967, in order to welcome the coming National Day, he wrote the line of words "Warmly celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the National Day of the People's Republic of China" at the request.
But Zhou Enlai tried to write twice, but his hand shaking was difficult to control, which led to the writing failure. At that moment, he truly realized that his body needed good care.
But domestic and foreign affairs are still like an invisible and heavy mountain, pressing on Zhou Enlai. On September 5, 1970, after another overwork, his heart became abnormal again...
This time, the problem was more serious than before. Since then, when Premier Zhou was working, medical staff would be guarding outside the door so that they could rescue them at any time when needed.
More than a month later, on October 19, when talking with an old American journalist Edgar Snow , Zhou Enlai talked about his health: "In terms of physicality, my work has defeated me in recent years, so I have to play with glans... Because I sleep less, my health has weakened. I have had a heart problem in the past 4 years, and I am nearly 73 years old."
Zhou Enlai
But what no one expected was that greater difficulties were coming silently at the New China Prime Minister. On May 12, 1972, when health care doctor Zhang Zuoliang was conducting a monthly routine urination examination for Premier Zhou, four red blood cells were found. He immediately realized that this was not a good thing...
6 days later, on May 18, after experts diagnosed that Zhou Enlai was diagnosed with bladder cancer . bladder cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the urinary system and one of the top ten common tumors in the body. In fact, as early as the early 1940s, when Zhou Enlai was still working in Chongqing, he was hospitalized for surgery due to a bladder abscess. The result now may be because of his years of hard work that made his old illness reappear.
once improved, and later relapsed
. Although cancer was diagnosed, Zhou Enlai was not admitted to the hospital for treatment, but continued to work hard for the country and the people every day. On January 13, 1973, he suddenly had hematuria ...
Faced with this situation, medical staff attached great importance to it. In the next two months, Premier Zhou's condition continued to worsen, which was very worrying.
Obviously, the condition can no longer be delayed. On March 10, Zhou Enlai finally underwent the first cystoscopy and electrocautery treatment. According to the examination results, the tumor was 0.5 cm in diameter, villus-like, and very shallow. Therefore, the situation is not bad now. If treated in time, there is hope to curb the condition.
As expected, the effect of related treatments is very significant. Just a few days after the electrocautery operation, Zhou Enlai's urine became completely clear and transparent. Seeing this result, from the Prime Minister himself to the staff and medical staff, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Not long after, Zhou Enlai resumed work. In October of the same year, he accompanied Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and his party to visit Henan Luoyang for a visit.
This time in Luoyang trip, Premier Zhou accompanied Canadian guests to visit the famous Longmen Grottoes . After returning to the hotel, it was already past 4 pm.
Zhou Enlai and others entered the hotel in Longmen Grottoes
, Zhang Zuoliao, who had been following Zhou Enlai, hurriedly handed him a pill. It turned out that it was time for the Prime Minister to take the medicine. Zhou Enlai took the pill, but before he could deliver it to his mouth, accidentally fell to the ground...
Seeing this, Dr. Zhang hurriedly wanted to get another tablet. However, Premier Zhou stopped him and asked everyone to look for the pill with him on the carpet and under the sofa.
But this naughty pill is like playing hide-and-seek with everyone. A few people searched for a while, but they couldn't find it. Zhang Zuoliao advised Zhou Enlai: "Don't look for it, but change it."
"No, look for it again. This medicine is imported and it is too expensive. Pay attention to saving!" Premier Zhou of disagreed. So, everyone had to continue searching.
Suddenly, Zhou Enlai pointed to a sofa and said happily: "Here, under the sofa."In this way, the waiter took the sofa away and picked up the pill. Premier Zhou reached out and took it.
Looking at the dirty pill, the waiter hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, this pill..." However, Zhou Enlai said: "It's okay, it's okay. "He wiped the pills with a handkerchief, then put them in his mouth and swallowed them...
When he left Luoyang, Zhou Enlai shook hands and the local person in charge one by one to say goodbye. Everyone said to him: "Welcome the Prime Minister to Luoyang again! "Prime Minister Zhou, who was in good spirits, replied: "I will come to Luoyang to see peonies on May Day next year! "
After returning to Beijing, the medical staff conducted strict examinations of Premier Zhou's urine, just like before. Since observing the color of urine is the most direct way to grasp the condition, Dr. Zhang reminds the general to understand his hands every two or three hours.
One day at the end of October of that year, Premier Zhou asked someone to talk to the Fujian Hall of the Great Hall of the People in . After discovering that the Prime Minister had not solved his hands for several hours. Zhang Zuoliang entered the conference room and wanted to urge him.
After seeing Dr. Zhang in, Zhou Enlai immediately realized that he was reminding him that he should get rid of his hands. So, without waiting for Dr. Zhang to speak, he took the initiative to get up and go to the bathroom.
When Premier Zhou came out of the bathroom, he glanced at Zhang Zuoliang, said nothing about , and walked quickly back. But this glance made Zhang The doctor couldn't help but beep: What kind of eyes is this? Why is it so weird?
Deng Yingchao and Zhang Zuoliang
With uneasy mood, Zhang Zuoliang rushed into the bathroom. When he saw Premier Zhou's blood urine just now, his brain suddenly "boomed", and he felt the whole room shaking... …
After trying to calm down, Dr. Zhang's first reaction was to ask the Prime Minister to take sedative medicine quickly and worry about his heart problems. Then, he wrote a note to Ye Jianying, who attended the meeting on the spot: Marshal Ye, the Prime Minister had bleeding just now, and it seemed that he had relapsed.
Ye Jianying saw the note and knew the weight behind this sentence. Soon, he walked out nervously and asked Zhang Zuoliao: "What's going on? Doctor Zhang, what's wrong with the Prime Minister? "
When Dr. Zhang reported what had just happened to Ye Jianying, and said that the Prime Minister was in a bad mood recently and refused chemotherapy and the cancer cells looked up again, Marshal Ye couldn't help but sighed...
"Don't be nervous, keep calm, I'll find a way, I'll find a way. "Although Ye Jianying was also disturbed by this sudden situation, he still tried his best to comfort the medical staff.
The recurrence of the malignant tumor made Zhou Enlai's condition more complicated. His original heart disease worsened, and hematuria became increasingly obvious, which was urgent.
However, it was not until March 12, 1974 that Premier Zhou did the second cystoscopy and electrocautery treatment. However, the effect of this treatment was not ideal. Shortly after the operation, the tumor relapsed again...
hospitalized for treatment Multiple surgeries
Since April 1974, Zhou Enlai's condition has become increasingly serious. His physique became weaker, his face became pale, and his breathing and pulse have accelerated from time to time.
On June 1, that year, Premier Zhou bid farewell to Xihua Hall , where he had lived for 26 years, and was admitted to the 305 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army. On the day he was admitted to the hospital, he underwent the first surgery - bladder cancer removal surgery. The operation was ideal, the blade healed well, hematuria quickly disappeared, and his condition improved.
Zhou Enlai
However, the ruthless disease The demon did not intend to let go of this leader who devoted himself to the revolutionary cause. On August 7th of that year, Zhou Enlai's condition recurred again, and hematuria increased, and he was diagnosed with cancer metastasis.
On August 10th, Premier Zhou underwent the second major surgery. After the operation, the condition stabilized and he could take care of himself. But in March 1975, after gastrointestinal examination, the medical team found that Zhou Enlai had a tumor of star fruit in his large intestine.
So, on March 26th, Premier Zhou performed the third major surgery after hospitalization. The operation lasted for 8 hours and was generally successful. , but Zhou Enlai's body was even weaker .
One day in early May, Premier Zhou suddenly asked the medical staff around him while walking: "To be honest, how long can I last?"
The medical staff was stunned at first, then immediately squeezed out a smile, wanting to say some comforting words to get rid of the problem.
At this time, Zhou Enlai looked up at the sky, as if looking for something. Suddenly, he showed a calm smile and let out a long sigh. His smile gradually disappeared and his expression became serious...
Premier Zhou looked at the medical staff again and said to them: "You must tell me the truth about my condition at any time, because there is still a lot of work, and I need to explain it."
Facing Zhou Enlai's serious and honest gaze, the medical staff could no longer hide it. Tears appeared in Zhang Zuoliang's eyes and said in a choked voice: "How do you say it? Prime Minister, what do you want us to say..."
After hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Zhou Enlai's face. He nodded slowly and said softly: "No need to say it."
Zhou Enlai
After that, Zhou Enlai and his niece Zhou Bingde had a phone call. When talking about life and death, the Prime Minister said: "What's so sad about this? Communists need materialism ! The laws of life have such a day. You should believe in the laws."
In the days that followed, Premier Zhou performed three major surgeries one after another. Faced with the huge pain caused by the illness, he gritted his teeth and persevered, fighting with all his strength...
1976 at 9:57 am on January 8, 1976, Zhou Enlai left the world he fought for for his whole life with deep concern for the future and destiny of the Party and the country, and with his belief in winning the cause of communism...
