China News Service, Shanghai, February 3: Title: Shanghai doctors aided Morocco this year: Using the great love of doctors to continue the friendship between China and Morocco
Author Fan Yubin
The Spring Festival is approaching. The members of the Taza medical team of the Chinese medical aid team in Morocco have returned to China after their short-term vacation and returned to Taza, Morocco, Africa to start their last year of aid to Morocco.
"We are celebrating the New Year in Morocco, having New Year's Eve dinner together, shooting New Year greeting videos, and are also planning to invite local medical staff and friends to come to our station to celebrate the Spring Festival together." Member of Jiu San Society, Captain of the Taza Medical Team of China's Medical Aid Team to Morocco, and the Seventh People's Government of Shanghai Yu Yuejin, chief physician of the hospital's otolaryngology department, revealed in a recent exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service that many team members added some New Year's goods and Year of the Dragon ornaments to their suitcases when they returned this time, and the team chef also prepared some Shanghainese food for the New Year's Eve dinner. Special ingredients.
In December 2022, Yu Yuejin went to Morocco with the 195th batch of China's medical aid team to Morocco to carry out two-year medical assistance work. His Taza medical team worked at Taza Ibom-Baga Provincial Central Hospital. Taza is located in the mountainous area of north-central Morocco. For more than a year, the team members have overcome difficulties such as language communication barriers and lack of medical conditions, and have worked hand in hand with local medical staff to carry out busy diagnosis and treatment work.
"Sinusitis complicated by intracranial infection, ulcerated facial cancer nodules, and removal of leeches from the hypopharynx... I encountered many special cases that only appear in textbooks." Yu Yuejin told reporters that in 2023, Taza Medical Team completed a total of There were 4,069 outpatient visits, 3,687 emergency room visits, 1,572 inpatients admitted, and 1,685 surgeries.
"We have also experienced emergencies such as earthquakes, but the team members have always been united and fearless in the face of danger." In September 2023, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Morocco. Yu Yuejin said that fortunately, the team members evacuated their residences as soon as possible and there was no danger. After the earthquake, the team members stayed at their posts and were on call at any time. They also took out the rice stored in the team and used their living expenses to buy drinking water and donate it to the disaster area.
Yu Yuejin and members of the Taza medical team purchased drinking water and other supplies to donate to the earthquake-stricken areas. (Photo provided by interviewee)
Over the past year, Yu Yuejin has witnessed the improvement of local medical service capabilities. "The equipment and equipment of the assisted hospitals are old. Based on actual needs, we have donated a total of about 200,000 yuan worth of medical equipment, consumables and equipment to fill the gaps in local hospitals." Yu Yuejin gave an example that the assisted hospitals originally did not have For esophagoscopy, patients need to rush to a hospital 100 kilometers away for treatment, and have to wait several days for an appointment. "Now, we have donated the esophagoscope, and problems such as foreign bodies in the esophagus have been solved."
It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them how to fish. "We grow together with local medical staff and learn from each other. They learn from our standardized surgical procedures, and we learn from their experience in handling emergencies." Yu Yuedin said that he hopes that an exchange mechanism for Moroccan doctors to visit Shanghai can be established in the future.
The "Chinese Medical Team" has become a golden business card in the local area. Yu Yuejin said that due to dizziness caused by otolithiasis, local patients usually go to the neurology department for treatment, but the treatment effect is not good. As an otolaryngologist, she has solved the vertigo problems of many patients through manual reduction and has won a good reputation. In addition, even if they don't understand the language, there are still many patients who try their best to find Chinese doctors. There are also Chinese tourists who listen to the recommendations of local people and come from other cities to see doctors.
In order to improve the medical effect, Taza Medical Team last year launched the "Diabetes Discharge Health Education", "Premixed Insulin Subcutaneous Injection Method" and "Colonoscopy" manuals in Chinese, French and Arabic. Yu Yuejin said that this innovative measure is quite practical.
Over the past year, the team members have developed deep friendships with the locals. During Eid al-Adha, a major traditional festival in Morocco, the locals invited the team members to their homes to roast lamb and experience traditional Moroccan food. During traditional Chinese festivals such as Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, team members share glutinous rice balls, rice dumplings, and moon cakes with locals.
Yu Yuejin and members of the Taza Medical Team spent Eid al-Adha at a local friend's house. (Photo provided by interviewee)
As the captain, Yu Yuejin has learned more about caring for others and taking care of everyone in the past year. "Although I have put in a lot of energy, enthusiasm and love, I feel that the rewards are far greater than the difficulties. Although we are in a foreign country and sometimes lonely, we are like a family when we are together. The story of aid to Morocco will definitely be remembered by us The aftertaste will last a lifetime.”
Looking forward to 2024, Yu Yuejin said that this is the last year of her aid to Morocco, and her two-year aid experience will be the most unforgettable time in her career. "We have established an emotional connection with this country, and all the efforts are worth it. In the final year, my teammates and I will do our best to do everything well and leave Taza with medical service technology and skills that cannot be taken away. Management experience." (End)