It is now a critical moment in Hong Kong's fight against the fifth wave of the epidemic. In order to ease the pressure on public medical institutions to receive consultations, Hong Kong youth groups have organized free video consultation services and arranged for private doctors to conduct free remote video consultations for patients through online medical platforms. .
The free video consultation service is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Elite Association and the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Youth Federation. Currently, more than 20 private doctors are participating in this free consultation service.
Xie Yuefu, who has practiced medicine for more than 40 years, is one of the private doctors in Hong Kong participating in this service. Apart from his heavy medical work, he makes time for online consultations.
Hong Kong private doctor Xie Yuefu: Because they (diagnosed patients) cannot go out to see a doctor in isolation at home, this platform provides emergency support, which is quite effective.
Patients have many questions or do not understand and need to understand. There are many panics about the epidemic in their hearts, questions about home isolation, and questions about infection from family members. We will answer them one by one.
The Hong Kong online medical platform participating in this free video consultation service was developed by the Hong Kong Youth Institute, which started businesses in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Cai Guojun, co-founder of the Hong Kong online medical platform: In fact, the load on public hospitals is already overloaded, so we hope that through our medical platform, we can connect some offline doctors from private and private medical institutions, and then help the (SAR) government to take the initiative to find Identify those diagnosed and give them appropriate treatment.
We arranged a doctor for them, and after the consultation, their hearts were at ease.
Since the launch of the free online consultation service, the number of beneficiaries has exceeded 2,000.
After the doctor completes the online consultation, the medicine will be prepared according to the patient's condition, and the "love caravan" organized by Hong Kong youth will deliver the medicine to the patient's door.
Ling Junjie, head of the caring team, chairman of the Hong Kong Elite Association: I hope that all of our young people in Hong Kong and representatives from different aspects can unite and make good use of their original resources. I hope that in the delivery of materials and medical care, It can reduce the pressure on the Hong Kong SAR government, and I hope that we can unite to overcome this epidemic.