Chutian Metropolis Daily (Reporter Huang Yongjin, Correspondent Chen Qimin) "I am not tired. I am really tired when I return home from the front line. I will not go home until the epidemic is over." On February 18th, Chen Qiang, the bus driver who had been fifteen consecutively overnight to ferry medical staff to Han, said when he was asked by the captain whether he needed a driver to come and replace him. From the evening of February 4, the driver of the
Optics Valley Public Transport High-tech Fleet Chen Qiang has been responsible for transporting Sichuan-aid medical staff to and from the East Hospital of Wuhan University People’s Hospital and the hotel overnight. Since February 4, Chen Qiang has been living in a hotel with medical staff and has not been home for 15 days. He had to drive more than ten times every day between 19:20 and 5 am the next day to fully protect the commuting needs of medical staff.
On February 18th, Gao Jian, the leader of the anti-epidemic squad of Bus 789, considered that Chen Qiang couldn't bear to turn his body all night, and asked Chen Qiang many times to let other team members replace him and let him go home and rest for two days. Unexpectedly, Chen Qiang was reluctant to rest just like the previous few times, and said that doing nothing at home and not "fighting" would be even more tiring on the front line of the fight against the epidemic. Together with the medical staff who aid Han, their professionalism and high morale are admired. Chen Qiang said that he had a very fulfilling life every day, and he would not go home until the end of the epidemic.
Chen Qiang drove the special commuter security car to pick up medical staff from Sichuan aided to Han, and nearly 70 people went back and forth between the hospital and the hotel more than ten times a day. After half a month of contact, the doctors and nurses cordially called the 23-year-old driver "Brother Qiang". The medical staff often taught him how to wear a mask correctly, do personal protection, and have a very harmonious relationship with the medical staff. Chen Qiang insists on writing work diaries every day after work. "Only when we are with the Chinese-aid medical staff can we truly feel the responsibility and mission of our bus people. As long as I can do my part to stop the epidemic, I will overcome any difficulties. We must persist until the epidemic is successful and go home again." Chen Qiang wrote in the log.
