Gravitas: The interview China tried to hide | Wuhan Coronavirus | Dr. Ai Fen

a cover story tonight is about a doctor in Wuhan you've probably not heard of her because her story has been hidden by the mighty dragon hidden until it got out we are talking about dr. i fen she's the director of the emergency department at the Wuhan central hospital she's also the reason why the world found out about China's cover-up she was perhaps the first doctor to order tests on the early coronavirus patients and now she has gone missing the latest reports claim that her whereabouts are unknown now why is this doctor so important why must her story be told because doctor I fen has ruffled the feathers of the Communist Party of China not only did she find the virus she even spoke about it in China last month she gave an interview to a Chinese magazine the government did not like it the interview created fresh trouble for Beijing it also became proof of China's cover-up because dr. I fen had revealed at all she told the world how China knew about the coronavirus way back in December and how China did nothing to stop it dr. i fen said all of this in her interview she said that she was not the whistleblower she was the one who gave the whistle tonight on gravitas we have for you the offend revelations we've been investigating her claims we've also reported on some of her assessments in the past and now we have access to copy of dr. offends interview this was removed from the internet by the Chinese censors the interview is the smoking gun the proof of China's cover-up this is what it says doctor I fen was in her hospital when the patient's walked in it was a disease that no other doctor had seen before the patients were showing flu-like symptoms but usual treatment methods were not working on them so doctor I fen she was treating some of the patients herself and she decided to carry out some tests the result she said was shocking the report called it a SARS coronavirus now the interview says that after I fen read the report several times to confirm it her conclusion did not change she said that she broke out in a cold sweat new an unprecedented challenge was staring at her doctor - circled the diagnosis she took a photograph of the report and she shared it with a friend soon the report was circulated across Wu Hans medical circles other doctors began talking about this new virus this mysterious disease one of them was doctor Lee when Lee Jung the man on your screen he - received this report and he's now known as the first whistleblower doctor i fen gave him the whistle as she puts it he shared her report further soon it emerged on the radar of the Chinese censors they found out what was being circulated and this is where the cover-up begins dr. Lee was pulled up by Chinese officials for sharing the report he was accused of spreading rumors and then the Chinese police tracked down dr. I fen as the source they told her to stay quiet first she received a warning her Hospital told her to not spread this information two days later she was called before her hospital's disciplinary inspection committee she was accused of spreading rumors she was reprimanded disciplinary action for raising concerns doctor - tried to warn her senior she tried to raise an alarm about the Wuhan virus but her voice was muzzled the interview says that she knew about human to human transmission but no one listened to her instead of acting on a report the Wuhan Central Hospital joined the government's cover-up the staff was forbidden from passing messages or images about this virus a few months later doctor - got a chance to speak again her interview was published in a Chinese magazine called people and this time she did not hold anything back she told everything that she knew and now nobody knows where she is gone missing for reporting on the Wuhan virus [Music]

Channel: WION

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Keywords: Wion, world news, Dr. Ai Fen, Gravitas, Wuhan Coronavirus, Ai Fen, coronavirus, covid-19, coronavirus doctor, china doctor, china doctor went missing, communist party of china, Wuhan Central Hospital, Dr Li Wenliang, china doctors exposed coronavirus

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Length: 4min 20sec (260 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 03 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/bluemyselftoday]

Ai Fen; this brave woman's name must not be forgotten.

[u/Wulfwinterr]

Betcha won't see this on r/coronavirus or r/news

[u/1blue_banana]

There should be an archive or saved copies.