“中国民间防艾第一人”高耀洁:生命倒计时的感伤
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简要内容:高耀洁,81岁,河南中医学院第一附属医院退休教授。中国首位国际卫生组织“健康与人权”奖获得者。她最早揭开河南“艾滋病村”之谜并勇敢地说出真话,被誉为“中国民间防艾第一人”。 |
高耀洁,81岁,河南中医学院第一附属医院退休教授。中国首位国际卫生组织“健康与人权”奖获得者。她最早揭开河南“艾滋病村”之谜并勇敢地说出真话,被誉为“中国民间防艾第一人”。
老人告诉记者,她29日晚上刚从广州回到郑州的家,由于对当地早餐不习惯,现在又拉又吐,但是刚回来,就有一批郑州当地好心人捐的几大包的衣服,要由她负责付邮费邮寄给郑州郊区的十几个因患艾滋病而被父母遗弃的孩子。
“这些艾滋孩子最大的也只有18岁,快到冬天了没有棉衣穿非常可怜。”高耀洁说出这句话时,语气非常沉重。
高耀洁三个字,是一块“金子招牌”。
生命在倒计时
如今81岁的高耀洁一人独居,生活靠保姆照顾。
自从2006年,老伴儿郭明久因晚期咽喉癌去世,高耀洁对自己身体的担心愈来愈多,她的高血压和心肌缺血严重了很多,一直靠吃药维持。
记者看到,从2006年10月开始至今,高耀洁在新浪上开设的博客,访问量已过百万,更新得很快。这些博客的内容都是高耀洁亲自更新,但由于年纪已大,近几年在写书时,一般都是高耀洁口述,由志愿者来负责录入。
“我现在81岁了,走多了就不行,我只能干我力所能及的。”自从2002年至2005年先后出版了《艾滋病与性病防治》、《鲜为人知的故事——艾滋病、性病防治大众读本》、《一万封信:我所见闻的艾滋病、性病患者生存现状》、《中国艾滋病调查》四本书,还有两本书等待着出版,按照高耀洁的话说,“我都这么大年纪了,这些书放着干什么,全送出去就是胜利。”
但最近两年,高耀洁多次感伤,人们对艾滋病的知识所知甚少,自己年事已高,但还有很多事情要做,却没有人愿意继承她的事业。
“这份博大的爱是不可复制的!”南方都市报记者喻尘跟踪采访了高耀洁十年,脱离了记者和采访对象的关系,已将性格开朗的高耀洁当成了亲人,但说起高老,他依然对老人的高尚品格感慨不已。
“艾滋孤儿”是高耀洁率先提出的概念,即艾滋病患者去世后留下的未成年子女,与“艾滋病孤儿”不同,他们并未感染艾滋病。
“现在艾滋孤儿遇到最大问题就是生存问题、教育问题和心理问题!”高耀洁反复地说着这句话,她要继续宣传,还要再写书,叫人们知道艾滋病是怎样回事,怎样预防。
到了1997年,高耀洁得知很多患者都是在农村,为了宣传“预防艾滋病”,她至少印了100万份“防艾宣传资料”,最多的一期就印了18万份。高耀洁把这些资料发到防疫站、计划生育站,更多时候是她带着志愿者,到乡下去,到农村去发放。
退休金3000元捐款已达100万
“但愿人皆健,何妨我独贫”,这是悬挂在高耀洁客厅中的一副对联,如今,高耀洁每个月有3000块钱的退休金,自称现在的生活已经很好。
“我的胃被切除了四分之三,不能吃水果,不能喝牛奶,也不买衣裳,我已经是生命倒计时了,我要钱干什么?艾滋病是一场国难,我们每一个人都有责任,我只是尽一个中国人的责任。”多年来,高耀洁一直在力所能及地帮助艾滋病人和艾滋孤儿,多次的国际大奖和稿费收入全部用来印发宣传防艾资料和资助他人,费用已超过100万元。
“有人给我捐款,我坚决不要,我说给我破衣服可以,钱我不要。我要那么多钱干什么?破衣裳可以救济那些买不起衣服的人,钱却可以淹死人。一个人被钱淹死太亏了,可是现在许多人做了钱的牺牲品,那些游医、野医,利用艾滋病诈骗病人的骗子,还是人吗?”高耀洁从不接受现金捐款,但对于社会好心人捐助的旧衣物和文具、书本等学习用品,高耀洁会想方设法送到艾滋病人手中,对于全国各地希望帮助艾滋病人的民众,高耀洁建议说,可以把捐赠的钱物送到各地的艾滋病基金会,由基金会的工作人员负责交给需要帮助的艾滋病人。
高耀洁告诉记者,她现在岁数太大,身体也不好了,现在主要干两件事:第一是对于一些好心人捐赠的衣物,她用自己的3000块钱退休金作为邮费,给艾滋孤儿和患上艾滋病被遗弃的孩子寄去;第二是,买一些杂志和书籍,寄给这些孩子,让他们有机会多学些知识。
2008-12-1 9:43:56 summary: Gao, 81 years old, Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, a retired professor. China's first World Health Organization, "Health and Human Rights" award winner. She was first opened in Henan "AIDS village" and the mystery of courage to tell the truth, known as "China's first civil Fang Yi people."
Gao, 81 years old, Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, a retired professor. China's first World Health Organization, "Health and Human Rights" award winner. She was first opened in Henan "AIDS village" and the mystery of courage to tell the truth, known as "China's first civil Fang Yi people."
The elderly, told reporters she had just 29 at night to return to Guangzhou, Zhengzhou home, as the local breakfast are not used to, and now Latin America and spit, but just to come back, there is a group of local Zhengzhou well-intentioned people to donate several packages of clothing, She should be responsible for paying postage to mail the suburbs of Zhengzhou more than a dozen suffering from AIDS and children abandoned by their parents.
"These children living with only the largest of the 18-year-old, not a winter coat is coming through very poor." Gao say, the tone is very heavy.
Gao of the words is a "sign of gold."
In the countdown to life
Now the 81-year-old Gao one person living alone, living on a nanny to look after.
Since 2006, Guo wife for a long time because of the late death of throat cancer, AIDS on the body's own more and more worried about her high blood pressure and a lot of serious myocardial ischemia, has been on medication to maintain.
Reporters saw from the October 2006 start date, Gao set up in Sina's blog, over a million visits, updating rapidly. These blog's content is updated Gao in person, but age has, in recent years, write books, usually oral AIDS, to be responsible for input from volunteers.
"I'm 81 years old and can not go on much, I can only do my best of its ability." Since 2002 to 2005 has published "AIDS and STD prevention and treatment", "little-known story - AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases prevention and control of the public Reading "," 10,000 letter: I have seen and heard of AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, the survival of patients with the status quo "," China AIDS Survey, "four books, there are two books awaiting publication, according to Gao as saying," I have such a great age , And placed these books do, all that is to send out the victory. "
But over the past two years, Gao many times sentimental, people know very little knowledge of AIDS, their advanced age, but much remained to be done, no one is willing to inherit her career.
"The breadth of love can not be copied!" Nanfang Dushi Bao Yu reporter interviewed Gao dust track 10 years, out of an interview with reporters and the relationship between objects, the cheerful character has AIDS as a family, but talking about the old high, He is still on the old feelings about the noble character.
"AIDS orphans" Gao is the first to put forward the concept of AIDS patients to stay after the death of the minor children, and "AIDS orphans" are different, they are not infected with AIDS.
"The biggest problem encountered by AIDS orphans is survival, education and psychological problems!" Gao said, repeatedly saying that she should continue to promote, but also write books again and told people to know what is going on AIDS and how to prevent .
By 1997, Gao was informed that many patients are in rural areas, in order to promote "the prevention of AIDS", she printed at least 100 million copies of "Fang Yi promotional materials", the most on a printed 180,000 copies. Gao made the information to the epidemic prevention station, family planning stations, more time with her volunteers to go rural, rural to release.
3,000 pension contributions over 1,000,000
"I hope we can all health, why not me alone the poor", which is hanging in the living room of Gao a couplet Now, Gao 3,000 yuan per month pension, claiming to have a good life now.
"My stomach was removed three-quarters can not eat fruit, can not drink milk, do not buy clothes, I have a countdown to life, I do for money? AIDS is a national calamity, we have a Responsibility, I just do the one-China human responsibility. "Over the years, Gao has been the best of its ability to help people living with AIDS and orphans, a number of international awards and fee income for all the propaganda issued Fang Yi and others funded at a cost of more than 1,000,000 yuan.
"Some people give me donations, I strongly do not, I said give me clothes can be broken, I do not want money. I want so much money for what? Relief can be broken clothes who can not afford to buy clothes, money can drown people. A person who is Drowned too much loss, but now many people have done a victim of money, those Youyi, the medical field, the use of AIDS patients liar fraud, or people? "Gao never accept cash donations, but contributions to the social well-intentioned people Old clothes and stationery, books, and other school supplies, Gao will try to AIDS in the hands of people, for all over the country to help the people of AIDS, Gao suggested that the donated money and goods can be sent to various parts of the AIDS Foundation, the Foundation The staff need to be responsible for AIDS.
Gao told the reporter that she is too old, the body is not good, and now stem mainly two things: First, some well-intentioned people to donate clothing, she used her 3000 retirement money as postage, and to AIDS orphans Suffering from AIDS, abandoned children sent; the second is to buy some magazines and books, send the children to enable them to have the opportunity to learn more knowledge.