Red maples welcome autumn and the rice is fragrant. Mid-autumn brings harvest. On the occasion of the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Shanxi Provincial Second People's Hospital is about to complete the 3000th kidney transplant as a gift to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Thirty years of hard work in transplantation have led to the brilliant development of the transplantation specialty. 3,000 cases of kidney transplantation, embarking on a new journey of helping the world. On August 27, the 2022 Third Northern Organ Transplantation Forum and the 10th Three-North Conference, the Shanxi Provincial Medical Association Organ Transplantation Annual Meeting, and the Shanxi Provincial Second People's Hospital Transplantation 30-year Development History Celebration Ceremony were successfully held in Taiyuan City. Looking back at the turbulent years, touching the pulse of history, and looking forward to the glorious chapter of sailing forward. This forum was hosted by the Shanxi Provincial Medical Association and hosted by the Second People's Hospital of Shanxi Province and the Shanxi Provincial Organ Procurement and Distribution Service Center.
At the opening ceremony, Wei Xiaochun, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial People's Congress and president of the Shanxi Provincial Medical Association, Zhang Bo, member of the party group and deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Health Commission, Luo Mingzhong, president of the Second People's Hospital of Shanxi Province, and the Organ Transplant Professional Committee of the Shanxi Medical Association Professor Zhou Hua, Chairman of the Board and Kidney Transplant Center of Shanxi Second People's Hospital, delivered speeches respectively. Xue Wujun, elected chairman of the Organ Transplantation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, director of the Organ Transplantation Institute and director of the Kidney Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, delivered a speech via video.
Professor Xu Jun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Ren Xiaoyong, Director of the Medical Administration Bureau of the Shanxi Provincial Health Commission, Liu Li, Vice President of the Second People's Hospital of Shanxi Province, senior urology and kidney transplantation experts and medical experts in Shanxi Province Professor Wei Tao, Honorary Director of the Kidney Transplant Dialysis Center of the Second People's Hospital of Shanxi Province, Wu Xiaotong, Director of the Shanxi Provincial Human Organ Procurement and Distribution Service Center, and experts in the field of transplantation from both inside and outside the province attended the offline meeting.
President Wei Xiaochun emphasized that over the years, our province’s organ transplantation work has developed from scratch, from simple kidney transplantation and liver transplantation to combined pancreas-kidney transplantation, combined liver-kidney transplantation, etc., and has formed a unique The "Shanxi Model" has promoted the development of organ transplantation in our province. The Organ Transplantation Professional Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Medical Association actively organizes and improves the institutional and system construction of the society, conducts a large number of academic exchange meetings, and makes great contributions to promoting human organ donation and transplantation in Shanxi Province. In the next step, the professional committee should strengthen academic exchanges, strengthen scientific research cooperation, and popularize health science while doing regular epidemic prevention and control, and work with experts from outside the province to jointly contribute to the construction of a healthy China and increase the health and well-being of the people.
Deputy Director Zhang Bo pointed out in his speech that there are currently 6 tertiary hospitals carrying out organ transplantation services in the province, benefiting transplant patients inside and outside the province and making great contributions to the construction of a healthy Shanxi. It is hoped that the province's organ transplant medical workers will gradually increase the promotion of organ donation and expand the rational distribution and effectiveness of high-quality medical resources for organ transplantation by focusing on the main contradiction between the people's demand for transplant services and the unbalanced and inadequate development of the transplant industry. Supply, further strengthen technological innovation, model innovation, talent innovation, and service innovation, continuously improve the homogeneity level of organ transplantation technology, promote high-quality development of the province's health industry, and present outstanding achievements to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
On behalf of the Second Provincial Hospital, President Luo Mingzhong expressed his heartfelt thanks to all the leaders and experts who have long cared about and supported the development of the hospital. Dean Luo Mingzhong said that from 1992 to 2022, Shanxi's organ transplantation industry has been growing rapidly for 30 years. Wu Xiaotong led the kidney transplant team and made an indelible and significant contribution to the advancement of Shanxi's medical technology. The Provincial Second Hospital will actively respond to the "Healthy China 2030" planning outline , further increase investment support, and provide all-round support for organ transplantation from the aspects of talent echelon, scientific research innovation, cultural connotation, information support, environmental optimization, etc., and continue to deepen Clinical research and technological innovation will continue to improve the level of transplantation discipline construction and comprehensive service capabilities, and actively promote the high-quality development of the hospital's nephrology discipline group.
Professor Xue Wujun said that Professor Wu Xiaotong and his team have always adhered to the spirit of transplant recipients to continuously fight for the treatment of patients and the cause of transplantation. Over the past 30 years, they have persevered, fulfilled their original aspirations, and achieved outstanding achievements. Professor Xue Wujun also wished that the Second Provincial Hospital and Shanxi Organ Donation and Transplantation would achieve greater success, and that the national donation and transplantation industry could achieve new results, create new glory, and realize leapfrog development and the Chinese dream of organ transplantation.
Professor Zhou Hua gave a summary report on the hospital’s 30 years of kidney transplantation work, reviewing the fruitful results of generations of transplant recipients who have made unremitting efforts and kept making progress. The staff of the Provincial Second Hospital have completed nearly 3,000 cases of kidney transplantation with good medical ethics and superb medical technology, bringing hope of rebirth to patients with organ failure!
Li Ning, director of the Third Nephrology District of Shanxi Second People's Hospital, presided over the opening ceremony of the meeting.
The development and achievements of organ transplantation in Shanxi Province are inseparable from the leadership of the older generation of transplant practitioners and the help and support of transplant colleagues across the country. To this end, the Organ Transplantation Professional Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Medical Association and the Second People's Hospital of Shanxi Province Special awards are set up to commend colleagues who have made outstanding contributions to organ transplantation in our province and hospitals. Amidst the exciting music, the leaders and guests present paid high respects to the seniors who have contributed to the construction and development of organ transplantation in Shanxi Province.
President Wei Xiaochun awarded Professor Wu Xiaotong the Shanxi Province Organ Transplantation Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1992, Professor Wu Xiaotong led the team to carry out clinical work on kidney transplantation. In 1997, he established the Organ Transplantation Professional Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Medical Association and served as the chairman. In 2005, he served as a standing committee member of the Organ Transplantation Branch of the Chinese Medical Association and was re-elected for three terms. Over the past 30 years, we have gone through ups and downs, bravely faced challenges, and continuously expanded our transplant team. Currently, we have completed nearly 3,000 kidney transplants. Continuously promote the development of organ transplantation technology in many hospitals across the province, leading the orderly development of organ transplantation and organ donation in our province.
Professor Wei Tao, a pioneer in urology and renal transplantation in the province and a medical expert, won the Shanxi Province Organ Transplantation Pioneer Award.
Professor Chen Yong (deceased) from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Professor Xue Wujun from the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Professor Chen Zhonghua from Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Professor Zeng Fanjun from Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology, etc. were awarded Shanxi Provincial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Organ Transplantation.
Professor Ao Jianhua from the General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Professor Ma Linlin from the Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College Professor Wang Yi, West China Hospital of Sichuan University Professor Lin Tao, Tianjin First Central Hospital Mo Chun Professor Bai and Professor Chen Zheng from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University won the Organ Transplantation Contribution Award from the Second People’s Hospital of Shanxi Province.
At the meeting, 1,000 kidney transplants, 2,000 kidney transplants, the longest adult kidney transplant survival award, the longest adult relative living donor kidney transplant award, the youngest child kidney transplant recipient award, and the first pancreas-kidney combined transplant award were awarded. The kidney transplant recipients were commended, such as the Kidney Friend Award for Favorite Learning Science Popularization and the Kidney Friend Award for Most Enthusiastic Service.
In the academic session of the forum, well-known domestic organ transplantation experts conducted exchanges and discussions on the cutting-edge technology and future development of organ transplantation through a combination of offline and online methods. Experts conducted in-depth communication on hot issues and cutting-edge developments. The academic atmosphere was strong and scholars had lively discussions and exchanges.
There are thousands of mountains, and the mountains are high and the peaks are human-made.Standing at a new historical starting point, the transplant team of the Second Provincial Hospital will continue to vigorously carry forward the lofty spirit of "respecting life, saving lives and healing the wounded, being willing to contribute, and loving without borders", following the new blueprint drawn by the hospital, with sincerity to the people and love for life. With a more pragmatic style and a higher morale, we will make greater contributions to promoting the development of organ transplantation in the province.
