Value the Sense of Unity and Diversity

Unity in diversity is the highest possible attainment of a civilization, a testimony to the noblest possibilities of the human race. This attainment is made possible through passionate concern for choice, in an atmosphere of social trust


As a medical professional, I have a profound understanding the significance of maintaining unity while honoring diversity. Through combination of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and western medicine, many revolutionary therapies have been developed. Take acute pancreatitis for instance, which is an acute self-digestion of pancreas, due to the abnormal release of pancreatic enzymes. The triggers are usually ethanol abuse, Gallstones, and abdominal trauma. Auto digestion of pancreas cause series of systemic complications, like Renal failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome, GI bleeding and septic shock(septicemia). The conventional western medicine therapies mostly include supportive treatment and surgery, with the mortality rate of 50%, which is in just the big urban areas. We have no idea how many might die in all those rural areas. But after1990s, when doctors tap TCM into the pancreatitis treatment, with its balanced approach to adjust the whole system, the mortality rate has plummeted by more than 40%, now, in our hospital, with the average of 5.2%, we top the national records in the treating of pancreatitis, Thanks to the combination of TCM and western medicine, many lives were saved.

We live in a world filled with a wondrous diversity of experiences, opinions, physical appearance, cultures, religion, etc. One of the challenges of this age is not only to find a way to live in harmony with people, who differ from us, but to celebrate the diversity and learn from it. We can only learn a limited amount from those who are like us but there is a fortune of new knowledge to be gained from those who have a different perspective to our own.