Editor's Note:
Reducing the mortality is an essential part of the prevention and treatment of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19). On Saturday, a medical team from Peking Union Medical College Hospital in the Critical Care Unit at the Zhongfa Xincheng branch of Wuhan Tongji Hospital successfully removed ventilators from 13 critically ill patients who were later transferred to the hospital’s general ward. (Photo: Cui Meng/GT)
Liu Zhengyin, the head of the first national medical team to arrive in Wuhan, from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, prepares to enter the ICU at the Zhongfa Xincheng branch of Wuhan Tongji Hospital on February 14, 2020. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
Li Taisheng, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, reviews the ICU ward on a monitor at the Zhongfa Xincheng branch of Wuhan Tongji Hospital on February 14, 2020. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
A nurse exits the ICU ward to her way to the clean area after undergoing rigorous disinfection and protective clothing removal procedures inside the Zhongfa Xincheng branch at Wuhan Tongji Hospital on February 14, 2020. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
Zhou Xiang, deputy head of the first national medical team from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, expresses gratitude to one of his patients, Li Xiao, for his persistence and cooperation, as doctors saved his life at the Zhongfa Xincheng branch of the Wuhan Tongji Hospital on February 14, 2020. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
A nurse monitors a patient’s condition in the ICU ward at the Zhongfa Xincheng branch of the Wuhan Tongji Hospital on February 14, 2020. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
Li Taisheng, director of infectious medicine at Peking Union Medical College Hospital marks a patient's nasopharyngeal swab at the Zhongfa Xincheng branch with Wuhan Tongji Hospital on February 14, 2020. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
Zhou Xiang (left), Li Taisheng (middle), and Liu Zhengyin, three "old friends" from Peking Union Medical College Hospital who worked together during the SARS epidemic in 2003, are now in Wuhan fighting COVID-19. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
A medical staff adjusts a rescue equipment in ICU in Zhongfa Xincheng branch of the Wuhan Tongji Hospital on February 14, 2020. Photo: Cui Meng/GT 
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