[Explanation] Recently, hundreds of children's surgery pictures hand-painted by Zhao Juan, a nurse at Xi'an Children's Hospital, became popular on the Internet.
Regarding the attention and support of netizens, nurse Zhao Juan said in an interview with reporters that what everyone liked was not his own paintings, but the kindness of the doctors who cared for patients.
She hopes that through her own efforts, people can learn more about pediatrics and jointly care for the healthy growth of the next generation.
In Xi'an Children's Hospital, the reporter saw Zhao Juan’s hand-painted surgical drawings, which depict common pediatric operations such as "collection of bile in the gallbladder duct" and "appendectomy".
Different from traditional surgery diagrams, Zhao Juan’s hand-drawn drawings pay more attention to the patient’s feelings. The lines of various organs are clear, the text description is concise, and there are not too many advanced medical terms. People with little medical knowledge can easily understand the contents of the operation. .
[Concurrent] Zhao Juan, a nurse at Xi'an Children's Hospital
Our Xi'an Children's Hospital is mainly dealing with small children, and then parents will be worried and nervous about these children being sick.
By making this hand-drawn drawing, it is very intuitive for parents to understand the location of the child’s lesion, the method of surgery, and how to do it, and then it is clear at a glance, allowing parents to reduce some worries, and then it is very good for our treatment. effect.
[Explanation] Zhao Juan told reporters that it is a tiring task to accurately and concisely convey medical terminology to the families of patients with pictures and texts.
A complete operation requires more than a dozen pictures, and each picture takes more than an hour. To complete hundreds of surgical pictures, Zhao Juan spent a lot of rest time outside of work.
[Concurrent] Zhao Juan, a nurse at Xi'an Children's Hospital
Because I am a non-professional (painting), painting this is really difficult for me.
Because it is an anatomical diagram of surgery, I will communicate with the doctor over and over again to achieve accuracy.
[Concurrent] Hou Chongzhi, Deputy Director of General Surgery, Xi'an Children's Hospital
The hand-drawn drawing of Nurse Zhao Juan was first posted on our official account. The original purpose was to popularize science for the parents of the children.
After the knowledge of popular science is released, that is to say, after the parents understand the relevant common sense.
If the parent has these problems, he will have a relatively scientific treatment plan, and then go to the doctor in time.
[Explanation] Hou Chongzhi, deputy director of General Surgery of Xi'an Children's Hospital, said that these hand-drawn drawings are equivalent to "translation" between doctors and patients, not only popularizing medical knowledge, but also enhancing the emotional exchanges between the two sides.
In the future, the department plans to collect these hand-painted works for more medical staff to learn from.
Party Field Report from Xi'an, Shaanxi
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]