CCTV news (news broadcast): General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that health is an inevitable requirement for the promotion of all-round human development, a basic condition for economic and social development, an important symbol of national prosperity and national prosperity, and the common pursuit of the broad masses of people. Facing the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping personally directed and deployed, commanded the overall situation, made decisive decisions, insisted on people first, life first, and protected people’s lives and health at all costs. The fight against the epidemic has achieved significant results. Strategic results. With the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, all localities have actively strengthened the construction of public health systems to effectively provide a strong guarantee for the maintenance of people's health, put people's health in the strategic position of priority development, and accelerate the construction of a healthy China.
On June 2 this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium of experts and scholars and said: “During this epidemic, we resolutely pressed the pause button on economic and social development in order to prevent and control the epidemic. Don’t hesitate to pay a high price, and put people’s lives and health first. There is only one life for a human being, and it must be preserved. We do everything from this principle."
"A person's life is only once, and it must be preserved." This is the feelings of the people of the leaders of major powers, and this is the Chinese philosophy of life first. After the outbreak, General Secretary Xi Jinping made important arrangements for many times, “putting people’s lives and health first”, “saving as many patients as possible”, “maximizing the cure rate and reducing the mortality rate”, More than 42,000 medical workers across the country went retrograde, and high-quality resources were concentrated on the front line of treatment. They were cautious and went all out to treat every patient.
It has been more than four months since the 88-year-old Wang Xin was cured and discharged from the hospital. The old man is recovering very well. It is still his unchanging habit to play two pieces of violin every day. In early March, this "afterglow of the setting sun" photo warmed the hearts of many people. It was the old man Wang Xin lying in the hospital bed. When he was first admitted to the hospital, the old man’s blood oxygen saturation continued to be low, and he had basic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and coronary heart disease, and was once life-threatening.
After rescue and meticulous treatment by medical staff, Wang Xin recovered and was discharged after 58 days of hospitalization.
In Hubei, more than 3,000 new coronary pneumonia patients over 80 years old like Wang Xin have been successfully cured. As of August 7, the overall cure rate of new coronary pneumonia nationwide has reached 93.5%, the cure rate of severe cases has reached 98.55%, and the cure rate of critical cases has reached 77.44%. From centenarians to babies born only 30 hours later, every patient's life is saved regardless of the cost.
This little baby is the little pomegranate who was "protected by clouds" by thousands of netizens during the epidemic. She was half a year old in the blink of an eye. In February of this year, Long Renyong and his wife, who worked in Wuhan, were diagnosed as patients with new coronary pneumonia. Xiao Pomegranate was born the next day after the diagnosis. They were isolated and observed in the Department of Neonatology, Tongji Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. 40 days later, Yong Renyong and his wife were cured and discharged, and the family of three reunited. The medical expenses of the couple are all reimbursed by the medical insurance, and the expenses incurred by Xiao Pomegranate while in the hospital are basically exempted.
According to statistics, the per capita treatment cost for severely ill patients with new coronary pneumonia in the country exceeds 150,000 yuan, and the treatment cost for a small number of critically ill patients even exceeds one million, all of which are borne by the state. As of July 19, the nationally diagnosed and suspected patients with new coronary pneumonia involved 1.847 billion yuan in medical expenses and 1.232 billion yuan in medical insurance payments. The payment ratio reached 67%, and the personal burden was subsidized by the government.
People’s safety is the cornerstone of national security. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that only by building a strong public health system, improving early warning and response mechanisms, comprehensively improving prevention, control and treatment capabilities, weaving dense protective nets, and building a solid isolation wall, can we actually do this. Provide a strong guarantee for people's health. The total amount of investment in the construction of public health-related projects in the central budget this year is twice that of last year. Public health defense lines are being built, and disease prevention and control networks are being woven together. Localities summarize the practice of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, enrich the connotation of patriotic health work, innovate methods and methods, promote the transition from environmental health management to comprehensive social health management, and solve the overall and long-term problems related to people's health. Focusing on the two cores of disease prevention and health promotion, 15 special actions have clearly outlined a "road map" for healthy China, deepening the concept of general health and general health, and striving to ensure people's health in all directions and throughout the cycle.