It was the  winter 17 years ago when a terrible epidemic was brewing in China. On December 22, 2002, a patient with a fever, cough and breathing difficulty hurried to the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical College. After a few days of treatment for common  pneumonia, the patient’s condition did not improve. Instead, more than eight patients with similar symptoms were sent to the hospital successively, and some medical workers tending the patients also showed similar symptoms. At that time, no one realized th  at the horrors of an epidemic were to prey upon them. Actually, Pandora's Box was opened, which brought Chinese people a grave disaster.

By the beginning of 2003, news of the epidemic intensified. Rumors about this “strange disease” spread more widely among people, and the disease spread uncontrollably. In February 2003, as a leading expert on respiratory diseases in China, Zhong Nanshan st  ood in the front of the storm and was appointed as the leader of Guangdong SARS medical aid expert panel.

Fig 14: kids in dance wearing face masks

Fig 15 graduation photo

Fig 14-15: Students are wearing face mask during the SARS

Fig16: Medical teams   on mission

Fig17 Crowds buying drugs Fig 16-17: SARS epidemic hit    hard

Fig 18: Zhong with his    collegues

Fig 19 Patient receiving    treatment

Fig 18-19: Zhong Nanshan served as the leader of expert panel in SARS