Qin Lunxiu, a designated medical institution and executive vice president of Huashan Hospital Baoshan District:
"Dynamic clearing" is the basic protection for the elderly
Author: Gu Yong
Shanghai is clenching its teeth and working hard, insisting on "dynamic clearing" and realizing social clearing as soon as possible.
In a city with a very high degree of aging, what does "dynamic clearing" mean?
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Baoshan Campus of Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University has become a designated medical institution. Qin Lunxiu, Executive Vice President of Baoshan Campus and President of the designated hospital, said in an interview with reporters that "dynamic clearing" is in line with my country's national conditions and the city of Shanghai. Features, the policy itself is the basic protection for the elderly.
Qin Lunxiu said that in this round of the epidemic, the Omicron strain has a very strong transmission ability, which is different from the initial strain in Wuhan two years ago.
The low proportion of mutant strains causing severe and critical illness does not mean that they can "lie down".
Experts explain this: Shanghai is a big city with a population of 25 million. In 2021, the per capita life expectancy will reach 84.11 years. In 2020, the proportion of people over 60 years old in the city's registered population will reach 36.1%, which shows the degree of aging.
Most of the elderly are accompanied by one or more chronic diseases. After infection with the Omicron variant, the symptoms caused by the virus itself may not be serious, but the symptoms of multiple chronic diseases will appear at the same time, which requires strong medical support.
Take Huashan Hospital Baoshan District as an example, there are currently more than 700 beds, one-third of which are elderly people over 70 years old, and there are 20 or 30 elderly people between 90 and 100 years old.
Almost all of them suffer from a variety of basic diseases, some are cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, some are uremia requiring dialysis, etc. If these elderly people cannot be sent to designated hospitals in time after being infected with Omicron, they may be life-threatening due to various basic diseases. .
It is reported that so far, the Baoshan District of Huashan Hospital, as a designated hospital for patients with positive infections, has carried out a number of emergency operations, including gastric perforation, appendicitis, brain surgery, tracheal foreign bodies, esophageal foreign bodies, etc.
Not long ago, an elderly man in his 90s swallowed his dentures by mistake. The medical staff performed the operation under the emergency gastroscope, and the old man finally turned the corner.
Qin Lunxiu said that at present, with the gradual increase in the number of designated hospitals, the treatment of elderly people with positive underlying diseases will be better guaranteed.
In the opinion of experts, the new crown pneumonia is a highly contagious respiratory infectious disease. Adhering to "dynamic clearing" to cut off the source of infection and relatively isolate the infected population is very necessary for Shanghai, a city with a high population density. Effective measures to control the further development of the epidemic.
Qin Lunxiu said that as ordinary citizens, when facing the epidemic together, it is a scientific attitude to pay attention to it without being overly panic.
During the epidemic, citizens should reduce mobility, wash their hands frequently, wear masks, maintain a certain social distance, pay attention to disinfection and cleaning, etc. These are practices to protect themselves and their families, and also contribute to society.