Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, April 18 Question: The special 12th expedition - "Uncle De"'s aid to Hong Kong to fight the epidemic
Xinhua News Agency reporter Su Wanming
"Where the patient is, my battlefield is." Zhang Zhongde, known as "Uncle De", who has devoted himself to the frontline of the fight against the epidemic many times, is recently in Hong Kong to once again fulfill his promise.
Zhang Zhongde is the vice president of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the vice president of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In the more than two years since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, he has gone retrograde many times.
Not long after the outbreak of the Wuhan epidemic, on January 24, 2020, the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, he was ordered to help Wuhan in danger and fought for 73 consecutive days.
After completing the task, Zhang Zhongde, as a member of the National New Coronary Pneumonia Medical Treatment Expert Group, has participated in 10 epidemic prevention and treatment work successively.
From east to Jiangsu, south to Guangdong, west to Gansu, and north to Liaoning, he has left footprints in fighting the epidemic in 10 cities across the country, and has supported various places for a total of 266 days.
On March 16 this year, Zhang Zhongde put on the "white robe and battle uniform" again and embarked on his 12th anti-epidemic journey without hesitation.
This time, he led a 300-strong medical team to Hong Kong, where the fifth wave of the epidemic is raging.
Although he was prepared, after coming to Hong Kong, the severity of the epidemic still shocked Zhang Zhongde.
The epidemic that began at the beginning of this year was fierce. During the peak period, tens of thousands of patients were diagnosed every day for several consecutive days, and some elderly patients unfortunately died.
"I used to be a severe SARS patient myself." Zhang Zhongde said that he was unfortunately infected in 2003 on the front line of the fight against SARS.
At that time, he had a high fever for several days and nights, his chest seemed to be pressed by a stone, his breathing was difficult, his heartbeat was abnormally strong, and he had no appetite.
Friends and relatives thought he would never survive.
"We have to help them." Zhang Zhongde said without hesitation, he knew too much about the pain of the patients, too much about their loneliness, helplessness, anxiety and fear during their illness.
As a medical staff member who has practiced medicine for decades, the responsibility of saving lives and helping the wounded has been deeply imprinted in his heart.
"When there is a sudden outbreak of an epidemic in some places, which exceeds the capacity of the local medical system and needs our help, it is our duty to do what is right." Zhang Zhongde said, "Anti-epidemic is like putting out a fire. Now Hong Kong needs support from the mainland, we must It will live up to the professional quality and professional ethics of medical workers, and live up to the compatriots whose blood is thicker than water."
Zhang Zhongde is confident in helping Hong Kong to fight the epidemic.
In the prevention and treatment of several major epidemics in the past 20 years, especially in the fight against SARS, the personal experience of both a doctor and a recovered patient from SARS, and traditional Chinese medicine has formed a good theoretical system in dealing with sudden infectious diseases , All these make Zhang Zhongde not afraid of the crisis in the face of the epidemic.
Zhang Zhongde is an expert in the treatment of acute respiratory diseases and emerging infectious diseases. He has profound knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and rich experience in treatment.
The 300-member mainland medical team for Hong Kong on the expedition is the largest in his history of supporting the fight against the epidemic. Among them are experts in prevention and control, treatment, and nursing.
At this time in Hong Kong, the top priority of the anti-epidemic work is to reduce deaths, reduce severe cases, and reduce infections.
However, with a large increase in confirmed cases in a short period of time, there is a serious shortage of medical staff in public hospitals in Hong Kong, especially in the treatment of critically ill patients, which is in urgent need of support.
Although Hong Kong's medical staff are extremely tired every day, they still stick to their posts and never give up. This makes Zhang Zhongde very moved: "We admire them from the bottom of our hearts, and the team members are determined to fight the epidemic with them."
After the medical team arrived in Hong Kong, they began to fight the epidemic non-stop.
They were first familiar with the working environment, operation mode, working procedures and related operating systems of the COVID-19 Treatment Center at AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE).
"Our team members have mastered it in three days, all the assessments have passed, and they can start their work." Zhang Zhongde said that the doctors and nurses of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority are also grateful to the medical team for helping the medical team.
Then, enter the ward to familiarize yourself with the patient's condition, analyze and improve the diagnosis and treatment plan.
With the support of the Hospital Authority, the medical team collects the symptoms of patients in the area in detail, conducts case studies, grasps the changes of each patient's condition, and then analyzes, summarizes and summarizes the conditions of patients, especially elderly patients. .
Zhang Zhongde and other mainland physicians, together with Hong Kong colleagues, assisted the Hong Kong Hospital Authority to improve the diagnosis and treatment plan, and began to apply it after permission.
At present, all patients entering the AWE New Crown Treatment Center will be jointly evaluated by the Chinese and Western medicine team. If they are suitable for receiving Chinese medicine services, the team will provide them in a timely manner with the patient's voluntary participation.
Through recent treatment, traditional Chinese medicine has a good effect on improving the main symptoms of patients such as cough, dry throat, fatigue, anorexia, and constipation.
Now, the Chinese and Western medicine teams work together on duty, patrol the room, and provide diagnosis and treatment, and the cooperation between Chinese and Western medicine is seamless.
"The actual operation effect of the current diagnosis and treatment plan is very good. This is the result of the solidarity and cooperation between Hong Kong and mainland doctors." Zhang Zhongde said that the medical team and the Hong Kong Hospital Authority are still dynamically summarizing the treatment effect of the plan, and constantly improving according to the symptoms of patients The degree is dynamically adjusted according to people, time and place.
Thanks to the arduous efforts of all parties, the number of confirmed cases, critically ill patients and deaths in Hong Kong have all shown a downward trend.
The medical staff from the Mainland and Hong Kong have also forged a deep friendship during the joint fight against the epidemic.
"The integration of medical personnel from the Mainland and Hong Kong is beyond our imagination. We communicate and cooperate very well. Everyone supports each other and integrates into one." Zhang Zhongde said.
He hoped that after the epidemic, the two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation and exchanges, and accelerate the process of medical integration, such as taking advantage of Hong Kong's international metropolis to accelerate Chinese medicine to the world.
Zhang Zhongde believes that under the leadership of the Hong Kong SAR government and the joint efforts of all walks of life in Hong Kong, "everyone will continue to unite and the epidemic prevention and control will have a successful outcome."