"Professional escort" needs supervision to "accompany"
He Yonghai
Some time ago, a video about "professional doctors" became popular on the Internet, and the profession of "accompanying doctors" gradually entered the public's field of vision.
There was a hot post on the Internet about the “grading of loneliness”. Among them, “seeing a doctor alone” and “operating alone” are the “ultimate loneliness” in the eyes of netizens.
In real life, the "empty-nest elderly" with their children working outside, and the "single youths" working alone, have to face this loneliness and other problems beyond loneliness after falling ill.
The emerging industry of "professional medical escort" is the solution to the difficult problem of "seeing a doctor alone".
(Xinhua Daily Telegraph on August 12)
"Professional escort", as the name suggests, is a person who accompanies the patient to the hospital.
At a time when the aging of the population is deepening and the rate of population mobility is accelerating, the "professional escort" is indeed very useful.
For example, many only children living in two places with their parents said that they are most afraid of hearing the news of their parents being sick when the phone rings. They ask the elderly to go to the crowded hospital to queue up for registration, see a doctor, check up, pay fees, and take medicine. People have headaches and anxiety, not to mention that smart devices are becoming more and more complex, the hospitals are getting bigger and bigger and the departments are spread out; not to mention, many hospitals require someone to accompany them, or even a strong person.
Some single young people living far away also said that being sick is also a daunting thing for them. Not only do they have to drag their tired and painful body to run up and down, but also to endure mental loneliness and pain.
In this case, the emergence of a "professional escort" is undoubtedly the gospel of lonely patients.
According to reports, on relevant platforms, some people buy escort services for their parents, some young people place orders for themselves, and single mothers buy escort services for their children.
"Professional escorts" accompany one client after another to spend the darkest and lonely moments in their lives. On the one hand, it reduces the loneliness and toss of the patient, and helps the patient's relatives save time and money. Economic costs, on the other hand, also seek employment and earning opportunities for themselves.
Of course, the "professional medical escort" cannot treat the medical escort as a pure business.
The doctor not only sees a doctor, but also gives humane care, and the same is true for accompanying doctors.
Just as a doctor escort said, this job requires empathy and affection. If you don't invest in affection, it is impossible to do well.
According to industry insiders, around 2015, the escort service ushered in a small wave of development, but after a year or two, most of the service has disappeared. The reason is that people have too little knowledge of this service. , The promotion is difficult, and the second is that most practitioners regard it as a pure business, so it is not widely accepted.
Therefore, if "professional doctors" want to work for a long time, not only can they not overcharge, but the quality of service does not allow for shortfalls.
Only when patients have established a sense of trust and intimacy with the "professional escort" can they continue to consume such services.
In addition, in order to prevent “professional attendants” from entrapping patients and triggering new disputes between doctors and patients, the hospital should implement necessary supervision of attendants.
For example, setting up the basic threshold and fee standard for admission to the hospital, registering in the hospital, obtaining a permit, and holding a certificate to work.
It is the responsibility of the hospital to allow patients to seek medical treatment more conveniently and quickly. It cannot provide escort services, so it is always possible to supervise "professional escorts"?
When the industry develops to a certain time, the regulatory authorities must also make more detailed regulations, for example, to prevent the collusion between the attendants and the "medical care", allowing criminals to take advantage of the loopholes in the industry; to prevent the attendants from becoming the spokesperson of the hospital’s interests, Flicker patients receive over-examinations and large prescriptions.
In short, in the future development, "professional doctors" can only stand the test of patients and time only when they become more and more regular and systematic.
After all, people who need this service need to be nurtured slowly.