China News Service, July 22 (Chen Jing, Yuan Hong, Feng Ying) The reporter was informed on the 22nd that three poor children with congenital heart disease from Gamba County, Tibet Autonomous Region were successfully treated in Shanghai and all were discharged smoothly.
On the 22nd, the last "heart baby" Pubupian was discharged from the hospital. Prior to this, 5-year-old Baimapando and 14-year-old Sangzhu had been discharged from the hospital.
In June of this year, the Tibet-aid medical team of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University discovered three Tibetan children with congenital heart disease during a health survey for local people. Cardiac surgeon Lu Shuyang first made a preliminary diagnosis for the small patients, and then remotely connected to the ultrasound diagnostician of Zhongshan Hospital to make a further diagnosis.
Experts successfully performed operations on small Tibetan patients. Photo courtesy of Zhongshan Hospital
Since the local hospital does not have the conditions to carry out congenital heart disease surgical treatment, the three patients are all from poor families with local files and cannot afford the relevant medical expenses. The hospital discussed with the Medical Development Fund, Academician Chen Haozhu of Fudan University, and decided to include the "flowers" from the plateau at an altitude of 4,700 meters into the development fund's "heart and liver baby" relief program. Zhongshan Hospital's "Heart·Liver Baby" medical charity assistance project was officially launched in 2017. So far, it has successfully rescued 46 children with congenital heart disease and 14 patients with liver disease from poor families in Yunnan and Tibet.
On the morning of July 13, Professor Ge Junbo, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, led the structural heart disease team members such as Professor Zhou Daxin, Associate Professor Pan Wenzhi, and successfully performed interventional sealing on two small Tibetan patients with congenital patent ductus arteriosus. Blocking surgery. In the operation of Sang Zhu, a 14-year-old patient, senior expert Professor Zhou Daxin tried 5 different occluders, and the occlusion was successful. Academician Ge Junbo said: “For children living in plateau areas, heart disease will seriously affect their daily lives. Through surgical treatment, children will be able to live like normal children in the future, and become healthy in the plateau area. 'Flowers'."
Tibetan children with congenital ventricular septal defect were diagnosed and treated by the team of Professor Wang Chunsheng, the director of cardiac surgery. After a comprehensive evaluation, although the experts believe that the child has the opportunity for surgery, they decided to focus on comprehensive medical treatment for the time being based on the wishes of the child and family members.
In this charity aid, Professor Chen Haozhu, a well-known internal medicine cardiovascular disease expert and a 96-year-old academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, also came to the scene to discuss cases and study treatment plans with colleagues.
According to Qian Juying, the vice president of Zhongshan Hospital, the hospital started to assist in the construction of the People's Hospital of Xigaze, Tibet Autonomous Region in 2013. Since 2019, it has increased its counterparts to help the Gamba County Health Service Center in Xigaze City. Two batches of medical teams have been sent to Gamba. . The average altitude of Gamba County is 4,700 meters, and the annual average temperature is 1.5°C. "Zhongshan Hospital’s assistance in the construction of the medical team +'Heart·Liver Baby' charity assistance is an attempt of ours. This successful experience will help establish a brand-new assistance construction method in the future, and effectively bring the poor patients in the assistance area. Go for treatment and hope." Sun Zhan, director of the medical department, said frankly. (Finish)