youth trend
Why do young people pay to "find a partner" when they see a doctor?
"Temporary family members" give a sense of security to accompany the doctor industry urgently needs to be supervised
As a new type of profession, "accompanying doctor" has become popular on social platforms.
It is daily work to register to pick up the number, guide the department, accompany you to see a doctor, queue up to pay, and get medicines and diagnostic reports.
"Making a living while realizing self-worth" has become the label of this profession, and related topics of accompanying doctors are also frequently searched.
In reality, more and more young people are willing to pay to "find a partner" for medical treatment.
"Pay money to buy security"
Guo Li, a post-95 girl from Dali, stayed and worked there after graduating from a university in Kunming.
One day in October, Guo Li suffered from stomach pains and had to undergo a gastroscopy.
"Every time I had stomach problems before, my parents would accompany me to check, but this time my parents were not around. Going to the hospital alone makes me feel lonely when I think about it." Guo Li said. At this time, she remembered seeing it on social media. Accompanying service, decided to experience it.
Guo Li found an accompanying agency, and after confirming the price, an accompanying clinician contacted her soon.
After inquiring about the specific situation, Zhenzhen, the accompanying doctor, reminded her not to eat breakfast and to bring her certificate.
In many cases, the accompanying doctor will make some instructions and plan the time according to the patient's condition before accompanying the doctor.
On October 19, the two met at the gate of the hospital.
After entering the hospital, Zhenzhen helped Guo Li top up her medical card and line up to get her number.
"Zhenzhen chatted with me about a lot of daily things. After she knew that I was from Dali, she also talked with me about the customs and customs of my hometown, which made me feel very relaxed and kind." Guo Li said.
After the examination, Guo Li felt dizzy.
Zhenzhen helped her to the chair, and silently accompanied her, "I didn't want to talk at that time, and she didn't say anything, and it was just right to accompany me quietly by my side." Guo Li said.
Guo Li spent 129 yuan for the 4-hour accompanying consultation.
Guo Li said that the most important thing for her to find an accompanying doctor is to get emotional support and the sense of security brought by companionship.
"Personally, I'm not that independent, and I often need to be accompanied." In addition, saving time is also Guo Li's consideration for finding an accompanying doctor.
"If you find an accompanying doctor, they will help you get medicine and so on, which saves time."
Accompanying doctors are "temporary family members"
After 8 years of working in the medical industry, Lu Fei, a post-95 girl, transformed into an accompanying doctor.
There are mainly two types of young clients looking for Lu Fei to accompany them: one is with depression and anxiety problems; the other is Baoma, who needs her to accompany her to the hospital because the child is relatively young.
Among the customers, the one who impressed her most was a little brother named Wang Ming.
Wang Ming started his business for more than 10 years. When he was successful in his career, he was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, accompanied by severe physical disorders.
Lu Fei first met Wang Ming a year ago.
He had just been diagnosed at the time, and he was very resistant to treatment, unwilling to admit that he had the disease.
"I was always 'uncomfortable' at that time, and I went to see a psychiatrist, and I am still taking medicine." Lu Fei said that she used her own experience to gain Wang Ming's trust, and tried her best to persuade him to actively accept treatment.
Since then, Wang Ming has been going to regular follow-up visits every month to get medicine, and Lu Fei has been accompanying the doctor. "He said (accompanying me) can get spiritual support."
In Wang Ming's view, the accompanying doctor understands him, so he feels that the accompanying doctor is a "temporary family member".
"Now, he greets me and the doctor very happily when he sees me, and he will follow the doctor's advice to take medicine on time, take a rest, and listen to music to relax. He is already very cooperative with the treatment."
Every time he accompanied the doctor for a year, Lu Fei would explain to Wang Ming, and the doctor also gained his trust with his professional skills.
Wang Ming experienced obvious side effects at the beginning of the drug treatment—nervousness, palpitation, and aggravated insomnia. Later, he changed the drug twice because of high blood pressure. Now he has gradually improved, his blood pressure has stabilized, and his body has gradually improved.
"They say the profession is necessary"
Wang Fang, born in the 90s, officially entered the business in August this year. She has served more than 150 customers in Hangzhou so far. During this process, she has witnessed many changes in human relationships, joys and sorrows.
Wang Fang said that 70% of his customers are young people, and most of them are women.
Among Wang Fang's customers, the youngest one is only 21 years old, named Mengmeng.
Mengmeng contacted Wang Fang through a certain platform one day in advance. At that time, she said that she was going to have a minor operation and needed to be accompanied, but she was unwilling to disclose the specific operation.
Wang Fang said they met at the hospital at 8 am.
While waiting, they chatted, and Mengmeng confessed to Wang Fang that she didn't want to let her friends know that she was undergoing an abortion, but she also wanted to find someone to accompany her. She felt that being alone was too lonely, so she found an accompanying doctor.
Seeing that there were too many people in front, Wang Fang asked Mengmeng to rest on a chair first, and she helped Mengmeng line up.
Due to the large number of abortions that day, Mengmeng's operation was scheduled until the afternoon.
It has already exceeded the half-day accompanying time mentioned at the beginning, but Wang Fang still did not leave.
While waiting, Mengmeng chatted with Wang Fang, saying that her family is in Jinhua, she is studying in Hangzhou, her father has been sick, and she feels very insecure.
When discussing the profession of "accompanying doctor", Mengmeng said that this profession is very necessary, and also suggested that Wang Fang can do some public welfare accompanying doctors in the future to help those with poor economic conditions.
During Mengmeng's operation, Wang Fang made an appointment for Mengmeng's next follow-up visit, "so that she doesn't need to register when she comes next time."
"Let the child
get treatment"
Delong, who was born in 1989, "naturally" became an accompanying doctor due to his previous work and contact with the top three hospitals.
In mid-October this year, Delong, an accompanying physician, accompanied a 22-year-old girl to the Neurology Department of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University.
"I'm under a lot of pressure at work, and sometimes I get a headache." The girl said to Delong.
The girl's examinations were arranged in the morning and afternoon respectively. After 11 o'clock, the girl had a meal with Delong, who was accompanying her.
She told Delong that she hadn't gone to school since she was 17 and started doing micro-businesses on social platforms.
During the conversation, the girl generously shared the unsatisfactory situation of her original family, as well as the current situation of her own business.
"As a precocious girl, she doesn't want to show her weakness in front of others, so she chooses the accompanying service." Delong said that the girl also thinks that it is a fashion to find an accompanying doctor: save time and effort, and don't have to worry about spending money up.
Delong said that many times, because of the professional division of labor in the hospital, even young people will be confused because they don’t know which department to register for different diseases and where to go for examinations. Professional escorts obviously fill this gap.
Among the customers who impressed Delong was a family.
A few days ago, the 5-year-old child in this family had abdominal pain and vomiting. After seeing a doctor in a hospital in his hometown, the pathology report showed lymphoma.
The family rushed to Beijing and registered with the specialist number of Beijing Children's Hospital.
Before 8 o'clock in the morning, Delong came to the door of the Children's Hospital, waiting for the client he was going to accompany.
Patients from other places came to Beijing and were unfamiliar with their place of life.
Delong has received many such customers.
Taking the number, waiting for the doctor, seeing a doctor... After waiting for a long time, I entered the consultation room. Everything went smoothly at first. The doctor prescribed three examinations for the child, and I was called to the pathology department for pathology consultation.
"Have you brought the pathology slides?" the doctor asked.
"Take it with you," said the child's father.
"Are you short of something?" The doctor looked at it.
"Ah! Didn't give it over there?" The child's father explained.
During the pathology consultation, the parents knew that some of the child's pathology slides had not been brought from the local hospital.
However, local hospitals do not accept pathological slides, and patients or their family members must borrow the pathological slides stored in the laboratory with their ID cards.
"It must be brought over as quickly as possible." The doctor said that the slice is indispensable.
Delong bought a high-speed rail ticket for the child's father, sent it to Beijing South Railway Station, and sent the mother and child to the reserved hotel.
Taking blood, taking PET-CT, bone puncture, pathological consultation... After rushing for the medical consultation, Delong said that he used his familiarity with the medical treatment process to grasp every node in the medical treatment process and help the child to the greatest extent. The family can avoid detours and let the child get treatment as soon as possible.
Industry Regulatory System
blank
More and more young people are looking for accompanying doctors, and more and more young people are joining the ranks of accompanying doctors.
A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily noticed from Tianyancha that there were 746 companies searched with the keyword "accompanying the doctor", and 536 companies still exist.
Statistics show that among the interviewees who have experience in medical escorts, female practitioners are the main ones, and those born in the 90s and 95s have become the main force of accompanying doctors, accounting for nearly 70%. They have flexible working hours, considerable income, and help those in need. People are the main reason for respondents to engage in escort work.
At the same time, the interviewed escorts believe that professional competence such as service awareness, sense of responsibility, and basic medical/medical knowledge is more important for accompanying a doctor.
A reporter from the Beiqing Daily found that most of the accompanying physicians publish work information through their own personal accounts. When customers look for accompanying services online, it is difficult to distinguish true and effective information.
As for the accompanying doctors, the number of orders is not stable, and most of them rely on old customers to introduce new customers.
At present, the profession of accompanying doctor has not been included in the "National Occupational Classification Ceremony (2022 Edition)" issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. There is no industry standard. No system has been formed, there is no uniform standard for prices, and the risks and responsibilities involved in the service are not clear.
In June of this year, in the social situation and public opinion information compiled and distributed by the Shaanxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference, the Democratic Progressive Shaanxi Provincial Committee learned during the investigation that although the vocational accompanying medical service has broadened the channels for entrepreneurship and employment to a certain extent, there are also some problems that cannot be ignored : The occupational entry threshold is not clear, the industry norms are lacking, the service scope standards are different, the price of accompanying services fluctuates randomly, and the industry supervision system for accompanying services is blank. no status.
It is hoped that the relevant departments will issue relevant regulations to help the accompanying medical industry develop towards standardization and standardization.
Text/Reporter Zhu Jianyong Intern Song Jiamin Wang Yiduo (Source: Beijing Youth Daily)