(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong fights the epidemic with one heart: the spirit of "doing everything" by senior ICU nurses

  China News Agency, Hong Kong, March 18 Question: Hong Kong fights the epidemic together: the spirit of "doing everything" by senior ICU nurses

  China News Agency reporter Han Xingtong

  It was the beginning of March, and the ICU of Hong Kong Eastern Hospital was very busy. The number of new crown patients admitted to the hospital every day was high. They were all accompanied by complex and serious complications, and non-new crown patients did not decrease. tight.

  Another non-coronavirus-infected elder died. Before his death, family members who had taken protective measures gathered in front of the hospital bed. The daughter burst into tears and kept wiping the face of her father lying on the hospital bed with her hands.

Cai Chengzhi, a senior nurse who has practiced for 18 years, handed her a damp cotton cloth and a few tissues, and exited to leave room for them to say goodbye.

  He noticed that the screen of his mobile phone was frequently lit up and messages came one after another, but he chose to ignore it and devoted himself to caring for the patient.

It was not until the shift change that I picked up the phone to check, and was shocked to learn the bad news—the grandmother who lived in the nursing home died suddenly of the epidemic, and she couldn’t even wait for the ambulance.

  Nearly half a month later, Cai Chengzhi brought this incident up again, and he had digested the biting cold in his heart. After bowing his head and being silent for a while, he found an appropriate description: like a piece of a puzzle, with one corner missing, "That kind of lack is in my heart. It must be a pity that there are some things that have not been explained.”

But he will now accept the misfortune in a positive way, "At least my regrets will make others have no regrets. I believe my mother-in-law can understand."

  Cai Chengzhi is currently the Nursing Coordinator of the Nethersole Clinical Simulation Training Center of the Hong Kong Island East Cluster, and will also be teaching at the university.

After the Lunar New Year, seeing the fifth wave of the outbreak, he offered to be transferred to the front line to support clinical work.

  There are not a few doctors and nurses with similar ideas.

One of the biggest challenges in frontline work is the shortage of manpower. Whenever a colleague falls ill, he always responds, "Everyone raise their hands and say it's okay, I'll do it, I can cancel the vacation."

During this period of time, a word often said among colleagues is "do everything", the original meaning is "do everything", but at this moment Cai Chengzhi feels that "do your best" is more in line with the context.

Behind the spirit of "doing everything" is the same goal of all medical and nursing staff: "Take one more step, try to make patients receive the most appropriate treatment, and maintain the last line of defense for public health."

  Under the epidemic, compared with other wards, the intensive care unit receives confirmed patients who are in critical condition. Their condition is quite difficult and they need to use medical equipment such as ventilators.

"Most of the seriously ill are elderly people who have not been vaccinated, or who have been vaccinated a long time ago, and many of them have children and grandchildren." Unlike non-COVID-19 patients who can be arranged for compassionate visits before they die, new crown patients enter the isolation ward for treatment. The family members were unable to visit, so the medical staff of the intensive care department added a "operator" job to inform the family members of the latest situation of the patient, and also tried their best to arrange video calls so that they could see the patient.

"People need to be connected. When family members can't see the patient, they will naturally be very worried. Even if we are busy at work, we will help answer the family's questions."

  Interestingly, sometimes while chatting with family members, Cai Chengzhi's group of doctors and nurses will have "occupational disease attacks", take the initiative to care about the physical conditions of their family members, and popularize epidemic prevention information and the necessity of vaccination.

He smiled and said: "So we not only care about the patients, but also care about the family members and the general public. If one person is less infected, the society will be safer."

  In the past few months, the epidemic has repeated, fighting the virus in person, and witnessing the end of life. Cai Chengzhi has reflected on a lot. He feels the social responsibility of medical staff more deeply than ever before. It is more urgent to use teaching work to achieve success.

Cai Chengzhi optimistically believes that as long as everyone adheres to the spirit of "doing everything they can", the epidemic will one day be overcome.

  After finishing clinical work every day, Cai Chengzhi went home and continued the research project at hand, often working at his desk until late at night.

There were times when the young son woke up in the middle of the night in a daze, rubbing his eyes and caring for him: "Dad, are you still asleep?" It would also warm his heart.

  After taking off the protective clothing, Cai Chengzhi went into daily life. He is a husband, a father, and a cat slave. He works part-time as a "cooking husband".

He has a cat, three rabbits, and a tank of fish.

Cutting the cat's nails or feeding the rabbit is his unique way of decompressing.

Recently, when the spring flowers are blooming, he shared a video of watching Japanese cherry blossoms in real time on the online social platform, attracting a bunch of medical colleagues to like it, "This is a very direct happiness, feel it from a distance, as if you have traveled." (over)