A Chinese army doctor who was put under house arrest for talking about Sars has succumbed to pneumonia. Chinese army doctor Jiang Yanyang died of pneumonia at the age of 91 in Beijing, according to human rights activist Hu Jia. This has been confirmed by South china Morning Post. When the Sars outbreak broke out in 2003, Jiang released the full details. He was later placed under house arrest in response to his politically motivated speeches. In china, news of Jiang's death and even his name were censored. Even in the last days of his life, he continued to be under surveillance as a prominent political figure. He served as the chief surgeon of the People's Liberation army of china and was a doctor at a hospital in Beijing. At that time, student-led pro-democracy protests took place. The army struggled to contain them. In this, thousands of people died in the protest at Tiananmen Square. At that time, he was working as a treatment provider for soldiers.
During the SARS outbreak in 2003, the ruling Communist party worked to keep information about the outbreak under wraps. However, Jiang wrote an 800-word letter. It said the number of SARS cases was higher than the number announced by China's health minister. CCTV, the Chinese state channel. and e-mailed these letters to the Phoenix Channel in Hong Kong. But they avoided it. Later, the letter was leaked to the Western media. As a result, the true spread of the disease became known and the Chinese authorities tried to cover it up. In that letter, the UN for Finland. It also included information about the death of the employee and the famous doctor Zhang Nanshan. 
This led to the government's crackdown and the resignation of the health minister and the mayor of Beijing. While the spread of Sars had already started in other countries, information from a letter led to changes in china, and strict control measures was implemented to control the spread of the disease. 774 people died of Sars disease which affected more than 8 thousand people in 29 countries and territories. Acting without thought of consequences, his letter saved many lives. 
Hu said Jiang is a public figure who puts the patient first. However, after Jiang retired as a major general, he said he did not get permission from the Ministry of Defense to be interviewed. In china, Jiang and his wife were placed under house arrest in 2004. The philippines honored him with the Magsaysay Award. However, his daughter went and got it. It is worth noting that even when the corona epidemic was detected in china at the end of 2019 and became known to the world, many doctors and scientists experienced the same thing as Jiang.
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