China News Service, Zhengzhou, July 23. Title: The "Elephant" of Henan's medical circle saves itself in the rain: the transfer of more than 10,000 patients in one day and night
Kan Li
A rare torrential rain caused Chinese children at home and abroad to sweat for the Central Plains.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (hereinafter referred to as "The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University"), known as the "elephant" in the medical field, nearly 3,000 medical staff still stick to their posts when the precipitation peaks in Zhengzhou City from the 20th to the 21st , In a day and night to complete the transfer of more than 10,000 patients.
This veteran hospital is located at No. 1, Jianshe Road East, Erqi District, Zhengzhou City. It is called the River Hospital District. Due to its low-lying terrain, it has become the “severe disaster area” of the heavy rain. The outdoor water was once close to the roof of the car.
Since the 20th, the hospital has entered a "self-rescue mode."
As the hospital with the largest number of outpatients in Henan Province, the core and difficulty of its self-help must be patient transfer.
China News Agency reporters have been hitting the self-help scene in this hospital for days and witnessed the transfer of 10,000 people.
On the 22nd, the reporter saw the roar of emergency support vehicles such as power supply and communications in the He Hospital area on the 22nd, flooding every corner of the hospital. People in a hurry are no longer the "white coats" of the past. Most of them are cleaning, security and some others. Hospital staff in casual clothes.
Lao Li, who works in logistics at the hospital, told reporters that since the 20th, he has been draining water in the hospital and only ate a box of instant noodles in two days. "The three-story basement has been filled with water, and dozens of water pumps have been pumping water at the same time. "
Lao Li said that the hospital has restored part of the power supply, and most buildings still have water and power cuts, and the communication signal is weak.
The reporter saw at the entrances and exits of multiple basements that the side-by-side hoses were draining water. A group of cleaners used the drained water to clean the road, and layers of silt were washed away.
Security guards are guarded in the outpatient clinic and in front of the ward building, and the personnel can only get in and out.
Several security guards told reporters that all buildings were closed, and the doctors accompanied the transferred patients to Zhengdong Hospital for consultation. “The basement has deep water and there is no lighting, so it is not safe to enter again.” Through the gate, you can see that there is no water on the first floor of the outpatient building and ward building, and the silt on the ground has also been cleaned up.
Through the visits in the hospital, it can be seen that although the disaster was severe, the self-rescue process was still smooth and orderly.
Recalling that the hospital was suddenly cut off due to heavy rain and stagnant water, Xiao Song, a physician in the hospital, still had lingering fears.
On the afternoon of the 20th, he was preparing for a minimally invasive surgery in the operating room of the hospital's outpatient building. He had no idea that the water outside had already passed his knees.
Xiao Song recalled to a reporter from China News Agency, "I was doing the final preparations before the operation, and the power was suddenly cut off." After the power cut, Xiao Song and his colleagues stopped their work and hurried back to the ward a few dozen meters away to comfort the patient.
He told reporters that after the medical staff's comfort, the ward quickly calmed down because there were no critically ill patients in the ward, and the short-term power outage had little effect.
Later, he and his colleagues began to concentrate the food stocks in the office and count the medicines. "Food and medicine were necessities at the time."
Replenish nutrient solutions to patients who have not eaten, organize personnel to give oxygen to patients who need oxygen one-on-one by "pinching airbags"... From afternoon to evening, Xiao Song and his colleagues have been shuttled in the ward.
Compared with Xiao Song, Yin Detao, a thyroid surgeon at the hospital, and his colleagues were more affected by the power outage.
Their operating room is on the 3rd floor, and the ward is on the 24th floor.
The power outage caused the elevator to stop. After the operation, the patients were unable to walk on their own. They carried their hands on their shoulders and walked the patients back to the ward. “Some people’s shoulders are worn out.”
On the evening of the 20th, the river hospital area of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengda University was cut off due to power outages, which caused water and drug shortages, and even cut off the Internet and food. Dozens of operations were interrupted. Hundreds of patients in the intensive ICU lost equipment support. In a hurry.
At that time, organizing patient transfer was the first choice of hospital managers at that time.
Based on patient safety and other considerations, the hospital decided to organize critically ill patients to be transferred to the Zhengdong District of the hospital early in the morning on the 21st in accordance with the principle of "severe disease first and mild disease".
Suddenly, this "elephant" in Henan's medical industry moved.
In several ward buildings with dozens of stories high, doctors and nurses carry patients and family members carry luggage. When stretchers are not enough, they use quilts or even sickbeds instead.
The recipient of the transferred patient is the Zhengdong District of the hospital.
When the patients arrived, all "angels in white" before the outpatient clinic formed a commando team to receive the arriving patients in an orderly manner.
The transfer also received a lot of help from outsiders. Local bus companies and the community provided support for dozens of buses and private cars to help the hospital transfer patients.
As of the morning of the 22nd, all patients in the He Hospital District of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengda University had all been transferred.
On the afternoon of the 22nd, the Zhengdong District of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zheng University, after receiving many patients for transfer, went as usual.
The staff of the hospital said that some mildly ill patients were either discharged or diverted to other brother hospitals. "At present, the Zhengdong hospital has the ability to'digest' the increased number of patients."
In the evening of the 22nd, in a corner of the square, the families of patients were queuing to receive free food delivered by caring people.
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