Beijing News According to the official WeChat news of the Eye Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, at 3:22 am on July 28, 2022, Tang You, the first master of Chinese medicine, the honorary president of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and the honorary president of the Eye Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Comrade Zhi died in Beijing at the age of 97.
Tang You The researcher is an academic leader in ophthalmology of traditional Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine in my country, and enjoys a high reputation in the ophthalmology academic circle at home and abroad. He applies modern methods to clinical and experimental research on diseases that are still intractable in the field of ophthalmology, and uses TCM ophthalmology theory to differentiate and treat diseases. He has rich experience and has many innovative viewpoints in the academic theory of TCM ophthalmology.
Researcher Tang Youzhi actively advocated and promoted the modernization of TCM ophthalmology. With his efforts and unremitting efforts, he established the Eye Hospital and Eye Institute of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Under his leadership and guidance, the ophthalmology hospital has grown from scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong, and developed into a tertiary-grade TCM ophthalmology hospital. At the same time, he established the Ophthalmology Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine, and founded the “Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology of Traditional Chinese Medicine”, realizing the four great aspirations of life.
Since the 1970s, under the auspices of Premier Zhou Enlai, researcher Tang Youzhi has worked for Chairman Mao Zedong and former Prime Minister of Cambodia, Prince Binnu, both at home and abroad. The leader succeeded in cataract surgery, and he served as an eye care physician for North Korean President Kim Il-sung for a long time, and was awarded the North Korean First Class Friendship Medal. From 1999 to 2000, he went to Indonesia many times to treat eye diseases for President Wahid of the country, and achieved good results, which expanded the international influence of traditional Chinese medicine.
Researcher Tang Youzhi has made a lot of achievements in scientific research, clinical, teaching and other fields, and has made great achievements. He has undertaken a number of national and ministerial projects, and has won national awards The second prize of scientific and technological progress and a number of ministerial-level scientific and technological progress awards, enjoy the special government allowance of the State Council, and have been awarded the honorary titles of “young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions” and “national advanced workers of health civilization”. One Labor Medal” and was selected as “Master of Chinese Medicine”.
Researcher Tang Youzhi treats patients like family members, regardless of position, urban or rural status, and always approachable and responsible. His lofty medical ethics and medical style, superb medical skills, the spirit of excellence and selfless dedication, and the elegant and humble demeanor of a Chinese medical master are a model for our medical workers to learn from.
Researcher Tang Youzhi’s life has laid a solid foundation for the construction and development of the eye hospital, and has made outstanding contributions to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine and the combination of Chinese and Western ophthalmology . “There is no pride in the old days, and flowers bloom and fall.” This verse, hand-copied by Chairman Mao Zedong, shows the life style of researcher Tang Youzhi, who is calm, open-minded and daring to take responsibility.
Old Tang, go all the way! The Eye Hospital will miss you forever!
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