Giving it his all Back at work after the Chinese New Year's holiday in 1994, Chiu's co-workers often heard him coughing. They thought it was just a stubborn cold. But a regular physical exam in April showed Chiu's white blood cell count to be abnormally high at 40,000. On examining Chiu, the doctor believed there were signs of leukemia, which required hospitalization for treatment.
全力以赴的工作態度 1994 年春節後上班，辦公室同仁就常聽到邱錦祥咳嗽的聲音，當時大家以為只是感冒未癒，不料 4 月進行例行體檢，白血球竟高達 4 萬，複檢時，醫師認為有血癌的癥候，必須住院治療。