Realize zero out-of-pocket surgical treatment for children's families, and pay for cross-provincial treatment transportation costs
"Angel's Journey" to Xinjiang to carry out free congenital heart disease screening
On July 16, at Zhongkang Hospital in Jiashi County, Kashi Prefecture, a medical expert performed a color Doppler ultrasound examination on a child.
On July 15, at the Shufu County People's Hospital in Kashgar, children who came to be screened prepare to enter the clinic under the leadership of their parents.
Photography/Beijing News reporter Tao Ran
On July 16, at the Yuepuhu County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Kashgar, the child danced in the consultation room after checking that he did not need surgery.
On July 17, at the Dongcheng Branch of Kashgar People's Hospital, a child waited for the test results accompanied by his mother.
On July 15, at the Shufu County People's Hospital in Kashgar, volunteers held a child's hand to soothe their emotions.
On July 11, at the Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Shuicheng District, Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, a child underwent a B-ultrasound examination accompanied by his parents.
On July 15, in Wukusak Town, Shufu County, Kashgar, medical experts arrived at the home of a child who had undergone the "Angel's Journey" operation.
The recovered child hugs the doctor.
Beijing News (Reporter Tao Ran) On the morning of July 17, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation's "Angel Journey" screening and rescue operation for children with congenital heart disease in Xinjiang entered the Dongcheng Branch of Kashgar People's Hospital.
Examined 165 children in Kashgar City, Shule County, Atushi City, and Wuqia County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, and 34 of them finally met the conditions for surgery.
Among the people screened, there are newborns lying in swaddles; there are cute kindergarteners who are nervously hiding behind their mothers and can’t help but peek at the doctor; there are also students of all grades wearing various school uniforms, the children’s expressions Serious and slightly relaxed.
There are also many big families of twins and three brothers to screen together.
The 3-year-old Selma (pseudonym) is a little boy from the Tajik ethnicity. He lives in Tiznafu Township, Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County. He was diagnosed with congenital heart disease when he was 6 months old. Due to the lack of local treatment conditions, unknown economic burden and other factors, the disease has been delayed until now.
The news of the "Angel Journey" screening and rescue operation for children with congenital heart disease in Xinjiang was passed from the Kashgar area to the health workers in various townships. In order to catch up with the expert screening in Shufu County on July 15, Thelma's father made an appointment one day ahead of schedule. I started from my home on Sunday, and it took more than 5 hours to descend from a high-altitude area. I stayed near the screening point, and I was able to wait in line at the screening point hospital early in the morning.
Finally, through expert consultation, it was decided to do free surgery for Thelma.
The medical team screened 154 children who were eligible for surgery in three days
On July 15, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation's "Angel Journey" screening and rescue operation for children with congenital heart disease in Xinjiang was launched in Kashgar.
During the 10-day screening operation, the medical expert team of Sun Lizhong from Shanghai, the volunteer team of Yang Guang medical experts from Jiangsu, and the local medical expert team of the People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will be divided into three teams in Kashgar-Tumu. In Shuke, Yili-Akesu, Urumqi and its surrounding areas, children aged 0-16 in Xinjiang are screened for congenital heart disease by on-site and online remote diagnosis.
After the launching ceremony, the medical team worked on the spot at the screening point provided by the Shufu County People's Hospital.
At the same time, another team of medical experts carried out screening in Yining City and Gongliu County, Yili Prefecture, in northern Xinjiang.
In addition, the medical team conducts home screening for residents who are inconvenient to go to the screening point, and conducts home follow-up visits to children who have undergone surgery last year.
On July 16, the medical team entered the second day of work. The medical team arrived at the Zhongkang Hospital in Jiashi County and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in Yuepuhu County in Kashgar.
After a morning screening, 24 of the 126 children in Zhongkang Hospital met the surgical criteria.
In the afternoon, the medical team continued to screen 221 children for congenital heart disease at Yuepuhu County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.
The screening site was busy and orderly, in strict accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control.
Under the guidance of the staff of the Red Cross Society of the cities and counties in Xinjiang, parents and their children quietly lined up in long queues for registration, waiting and examination.
Due to the centralized screening, there are more than 100 people at each screening point on average, and the medical team usually fights continuously from 10 am to 8 pm.
They don't stop at all, not even thinking about eating lunch, drinking water and going to the toilet.
At each screening point in Xinjiang, because the temporary B-ultrasound room is simple, and the uncooperative children cannot be sedated before examination, it is a test of the love, patience and professionalism of B-ultrasound doctors.
Doctors often interact with children, and sometimes wrap the baby quickly and carefully after the examination to speed up the examination process.
The medical team screened 918 people over three days and found that 154 children were eligible for surgery.
The Angel Plan has already rescued more than 155,000 people
Over the years, the Red Cross Foundation of China has played an active role in the third distribution of charitable organizations, continued to strengthen the mobilization of humanitarian resources, and carried out humanitarian relief work. The "Red Cross Angel Plan" it has carried out has accumulated more than 155,000 patients.
Since 2012, the Red Cross Foundation of China has organized a team of medical experts to carry out the "Angel Journey" screening and rescue operation for children with congenital heart disease. At the same time, popularize the knowledge of congenital heart disease prevention and treatment, and also improve the initial diagnosis ability for the grassroots doctors wherever they go.
The "Angel Journey" screening and rescue action for children with congenital heart disease in Xinjiang will be supported by the Central Special Lottery Public Welfare Fund for Seriously Ill Children Relief Project, Angel Mingxin Fund, Sun Lizhong Cardiovascular Health Public Welfare Fund, and Emerson Electric (China) Investment Co., Ltd. And other caring enterprises and the public on the Alipay platform to raise funds for joint assistance, to achieve zero out-of-pocket surgical treatment for children's families, and to pay for cross-provincial treatment transportation costs, effectively reducing their economic burden, and preventing children's families from falling into poverty and returning to poverty due to illness.
At the same time, the children who participated in the project in the past were visited to learn about their postoperative rehabilitation.
From July 11th to 15th before the Xinjiang operation, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation and Beijing Anzhen Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University carried out the "Angel Journey" screening and rescue operation for children with congenital heart disease in Guizhou, and screened children in total. 366 patients, including 85 children who meet the surgical indications, have traveled all over Liupanshui City, Kaili City, Tianzhu County, Liping County and other places, bringing health and hope to children with congenital heart disease.