各省、自治区、直辖市卫生厅局、中医药管理局: 近期,我国部分地区发生了非典型肺炎疫情。在党中央、国务院的高度重视和一系列重大决策和部署下,中医药工作者同广大卫生工作者一起,发扬救死扶伤的人道主义精神,积极投入到防治非典型肺炎的工作中去,发挥中医药的作用和优势,探索中西医结合防治的方法和 Health Bureaus and Traditional Chinese Medicine Administrations of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government: Recently, SARS outbreaks have occurred in some parts of China. With the great attention of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and a series of major policy decisions and deployments, Chinese medicine practitioners, together with health workers, have promoted the humanitarian spirit of saving lives and are actively involved in the prevention and treatment of atypical pneumonia. The role and advantages of the Chinese medicine