Wuhan doctor who was silenced for detecting early signs of the coronavirus dies

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By Donna Baeck
Dr. Li Wenliang passed away on Friday morning after being diagnosed with the coronavirus outbreak from treating patients in Wuhan, according to the New York Times. 
Dr. Li had attempted to warn his medical school classmates in a private chat room after he detected a concerning cluster of viral infections in a Chinese province. He was later called in by medical officials who reprimanded him for spreading “rumors” and was required to write a criticism about himself, said the Wall Street Journal.
The New York Times reported that after Dr. Li’s death, the Wuhan government began to receive criticism for the censorship that punished Dr. Li for acting as a whistleblower and a hero.
“We will not forget the doctor who spoke up about an illness that was called rumor,” said one commenter in response to the Wuhan hospital’s announcement on Weibo, “What else can we do? The only thing is not to forget.”
Dr. Li was a 34-year-old ophthalmologist in Wuhan who was expecting a second child with his wife. He caught the virus after treating a patient with glaucoma who was infected by the coronavirus, according to the New York Times.
The Wall Street Journal reported Dr. Li had promised to return to treating the infected patients even after he contracted the virus.

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