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Medical-related festivals

Medicine-related festivals include International Nurses' Day, Chinese Doctors' Day, National Ear Care Day, World Hemophilia Day and International Day of the Deaf.

I. International Nurses' Day

International Nurses' Day, which falls on May 12 every year, is a holiday established in 1912 to honor Florence Nightingale, the founder of the modern nursing discipline. Its basic purpose is to advocate, inherit and carry forward the humanitarian spirit of Florence Nightingale's fearlessness, willingness to dedicate herself to saving lives and sacrificing her life.

Second, China Physician's Day

On November 3, 2017, the State Council agreed to set up the "China Physician's Day" approval, decided that since 2018, will be set up on August 19 every year for the "China Physician's Day". The establishment of this festival is to inspire the majority of health and health workers to vigorously carry forward the noble spirit of "respect for life, save lives and help the injured, willing to dedicate themselves to love without boundaries", and further promote the formation of a good atmosphere of respect for doctors and health care in the whole society.

Three, the National Ear Day

In 1999, the Ministry of Health promulgated the "norms for the clinical use of commonly used ototoxic drugs," increasing the ototoxic drugs in the clinical use of standardized management efforts. In China, the number of people with hearing and speech disabilities is the highest among the total number of people with disabilities. For the continent's high incidence of deafness, the number of harm, the reality of weak prevention work, the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and other 10 ministries and bureaus *** with the determination of March 3 each year for the National Ear Day.

Fourth, World Hemophilia Day

World Hemophilia Day on April 17 every year, in order to commemorate the founder of the World Federation of Hemophilia-Canadian Mr. Frank Schoonmaker's contribution to hemophilia, as well as to arouse the public's correct knowledge of hemophilia, since 1989, his birthday, April 17, has been specially selected as " World Hemophilia Day". World Hemophilia Day".

V. International Day of the Deaf

In 1957, the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) decided that September 28, 1958 would be the first International Day of the Deaf, based on the initiative of the European organizations of the deaf. China joined the World Federation of the Deaf in 1955, and on August 12, 1958, nine units, including the Chinese People's **** and State Ministries of the Interior, Education, Health, Culture, and the State Sports Commission, jointly issued a circular requesting that the holiday be celebrated everywhere.

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