Frontline doctors from Peking Union Medical College Hospital shared their feelings after spending weeks in Wuhan fighting the COVID-19 epidemic during a news conference on March 16. 

Du Bin, director of the medical intensive care unit at the hospital, said the Chinese approach to control the COVID-19 epidemic may not be the only approach, and Chinese medical workers have also learned from what happened in Singapore and Japan.

When there is a different situation in the number of cases and community support system, people can adopt different approaches to achieve similar success in controlling the epidemic, he said. 

"It is an opportunity to learn from each other. The beauty of the world lies in diversity, not identity."

Yan Xiaowei, a cardiology doctor at the hospital, said "As a doctor in the ICU, I have seen many casualties, which I will never forget in my life. I want to share my experience in treating severe patients with overseas friends and colleagues back home."

Cao Wei, deputy head of infection medicine at the hospital, said during the SARS outbreak 13 years ago, she was still a medical student and the one to be protected. 

"And this time, I came with my teachers and colleagues to fight the disease, which I am very proud of, though medical workers like me have sacrificed a lot personally, being away from their families for a long time."

She also wants to express her deep thanks to all the nurses who have been taken the same responsibility as doctors. 

"Many of the nurses coming to Wuhan belong to younger generations and most of them were born after 1990. Without them, we won't have achieved so much, especially with critically ill patients," she said. 

Wu Dong, a gastroenterology doctor at the hospital, said during the last five weeks, he was totally devoted in caring patients in ICU.

"The only thing I feel sorry for is that I could not take care of my own family as a father and husband," he said.

Five weeks ago, when he left Beijing for Wuhan, his eight-year-old daughter asked him why he wanted to go to Wuhan, which was a question he could not find answer at that time. 

Last week, he had a patient in ICU, a 57-year-old woman who was very sick. The treatment plan was to intubate her and put her on a ventilator, which was the only plan to save her. 

Before the ventilation, the patient whispered to Wu in Wuhan dialect, "Doc, I don't want to die. The end of this month is my daughter's wedding day."

"At that moment, I saw that many of my patients are parents too. They love their own kids the same way as I do," Wu said. 

"The reason I came to Wuhan is not only about being professional and responsible, it's also about love. I love my daughter, I love my patients, I love my country, and I love mankind."

"As mankind, we are all in this together and we will get through this together," he added.