Pic story: doctor couple dedicated to treating patients in Tianjin

This combo photo shows Song Lijun (L) doing a ward round on Aug. 16, 2024, and Wang Li making a ward round on Aug. 15, 2024, in Fukang Road branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wang Li performs a surgery on a patient at the Fukang Road branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 15, 2024.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

This combo photo shows Song Lijun (L) treating a patient on Aug. 18, 2024, and Wang Li providing outpatient service on Aug. 16, 2024, in Shuixi branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

This combo photo shows Song Lijun (top) treating a patient on Aug. 18, 2024, and Wang Li providing outpatient service on Aug. 16, 2024, in Shuixi branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wang Li prepares for a surgery at the Fukang Road branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 15, 2024.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wang Li performs a surgery on a patient at the Fukang Road branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 15, 2024.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Wang Li disinfects a patient at the Fukang Road branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 15, 2024.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Song Lijun (R) performs a gastroscope inspection on a patient at the Fukang Road branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 16, 2024.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Song Lijun (L) and Wang Li (C) play Chinese chess with their son at a park in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 18, 2024.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

Song Lijun (L) talks with a medical student at the Fukang Road branch of Tianjin First Central Hospital in north China’s Tianjin, Aug. 16, 2024.
Both born in the 1980s, Song Lijun and his wife Wang Li work as doctors in Tianjin First Central Hospital after graduation. The couple rarely meet in the hospital as they have been occupied in different shifts. Sometimes, to support the treatment to critically ill patients, either of them would rush back to the hospital without hesitation, even in the off-duty days. (Xinhua/Li Ran)