China News Service, Jinan, March 8 (Reporter Zhao Xiao) The reporter learned from the Chinese (Shandong) medical team assisting Kiribati on the 8th that from March 1st to 7th local time, the medical team was stationed at ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE High School successfully held a screening activity for "rheumatic heart disease" on campus.
This is the first stop for the medical team to carry out "Operation Heart Protection" for local schools.
The medical team held a local screening event for "rheumatic heart disease" on campus.
Photo courtesy of the medical team
The medical team members disseminate knowledge about rheumatic heart disease to local students.
Photo courtesy of the medical team
On December 7, 2023, the third batch of China (Shandong) medical team to assist Kiribati, composed of 5 medical staff, departed from Jinan and flew to Tarawa, Kiribati to start a one-year foreign aid mission.
Members of the medical team include Zhao Shanshan, the attending physician of the Department of Anesthesiology of Shandong University Second Hospital, Dr. Zhen Changqing, deputy chief physician of the Department of Hematology of Shandong Provincial Hospital, Zhao Yuying, the attending physician of the Imaging Department of Dezhou Hospital of Shandong University Qilu Hospital, and the attending physician of the Ultrasound Department of Binzhou Central Hospital. Sun Hui and Wang Zhanqing, deputy director of the emergency department of Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical College, who serves as team leader.
Members of the medical team took photos with local students.
Photo courtesy of the medical team
During the event to screen for "rheumatic heart disease" on campus, the medical team, with the assistance of medical staff from Kiribati Tangalu Central Hospital, conducted systematic examinations such as height measurement, weight, and cardiac ultrasound for more than 480 teachers and students from local high schools. , and completed an on-site survey on rheumatic heart disease-related knowledge in the form of a questionnaire.
Sun Hui, a member of the medical team, used easy-to-understand language and vivid pictures to explain the causes and clinical characteristics of rheumatic heart disease to the students, and used his skilled ultrasound skills to screen students for rheumatic heart disease.
Medical team members use ultrasound to screen local students for rheumatic heart disease.
Photo courtesy of the medical team
Wang Zhanqing, captain of the medical team, said that more than 2,000 new cases of rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease occur in Kiribati every year, and rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease are important problems that threaten the health of local teenagers and children.
The purpose of the medical team entering the campus this time is to help students detect rheumatic heart disease in time through systematic physical examination and ultrasound examination, strive for scientific treatment in advance, and popularize the knowledge of preventing rheumatic heart disease.
"In the next step, the medical team will continue to promote the 'Heart Protection Action', conduct special screenings for rheumatic heart disease and congenital heart disease on local primary and secondary school students, and use the power of Chinese doctors to protect the healthy growth of local students." (End)