(Clearwisdom.net) A close friend, a physician specializing in infectious diseases, began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. We chat about almost everything. I would like to share a few stories about him.
When working with patients, infectious disease doctors usually wear hats and surgical masks, revealing only their eyes, and keep a distance from their patients. My friend is an exception. He wears no mask, just a smile on his face. His greetings are full of compassion and kindness. His patients comment that he is a friendly doctor. I once asked him, "Why do you treat your patients so kindly?" He replied, "My Master told us that each and every one of the world's people was his relative at various times in history. How can I not be nice to my Master's relatives?"
My friend makes every effort to tell his patients the facts of the persecution of Falun Gong. One patient said excitedly after learning the truth from him, "I know to trust Falun Gong!" From then on, this patient sincerely recited, "Falun Dafa is good," and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good." He had an illness that customarily takes around one year to cure, but it disappeared in a month. Even today this patient still often drops in to see my doctor friend and also helps spread the word about the wonders of Falun Dafa.
Last year my friend encountered a patient who not only had an infectious disease but also contracted severe heart illness. When my friend told him about Falun Gong, the patient commented about not having any belief system. My friend wasn't deterred and instead managed to gradually break the patient's atheistic mentality. The patient eventually withdrew from the Young Pioneers; his symptoms improved shortly afterwards. He told my friend what he experienced when he lost consciousness from a heart attack, ending up in hell in his unconscious state, but the king of hell ordered him to return to the human world because he didn't belong in hell.
My friend cares about his patients from the bottom of his heart. He often asks them to feel free to call him at home or on his cell phone. He frequently checks on them to see how things are going. Three years ago a patient from Sichuan Province came to see my friend. Since he had no family around him during his hospitalization, my friend brought him home-made holiday food on the Chinese Dragon Festival day.
Once, a patient came to my friend's office with a relative accompanying him. After listening to information about Falun Dafa and the persecution, the relative said, "Finally I'm able to meet a practitioner. I am a fruit vendor and have found many Falun Dafa materials left on my tricycle. I followed the suggestions and wrote a statement to withdraw from the Young Pioneers. I then posted my statement on a light pole. I agree that the evil Party has done too many bad things to us, and I want to know more about the truth."
My friend is especially concerned about poor patients without financial resources who live in rural areas. Whenever a patient misses his follow-up exam my friend calls him, asking if there is a financial difficulty. He often assures his patients, "Treating your illness is my top priority. All I want is your symptoms to disappear and you to recover quickly." Oftentimes patients want to give him presents to show their appreciation; he always gently turns this down saying, "The requirements of Dafa won't let me accept gifts." If a patient insists, he accepts the present because he doesn't want to hurt the patient's feelings. He will always try to return the favor in later encounters with the patient.
There are not too many Falun Gong practitioners in our area. Many people still don't know the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution. My friend, however, never stops spreading the goodness of Falun Dafa by conducting himself righteously.
