Zhang Dingyu was working at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Ke Hao)
The government of Hubei awarded two prominent doctors for championing fight against the novel coronavirus, it said on Thursday.
Zhang Dingyu, one of the two awarded doctors, is president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, one of the major hospitals to treat patients infected with the virus. Zhang, 56, suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
He has put himself in positions with urgent and difficult tasks and has not relaxed in the battle against the virus, said a decision jointly issued by Hubei provincial department of human resources and social security, along with the provincial health commission.
