China News Service, Guangzhou, May 21, topic: Mainland medical aid to Hong Kong: Hope for in-depth medical cooperation and exchanges in the Greater Bay Area

  Chinanews reporter Cai Minjie

  "The Greater Bay Area is a family." Yu Tao, captain of the second team of the Central Medical Team for Hong Kong Aid, and chief of the medical department of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said recently: "This medical support mission to Hong Kong is of pioneering significance and will serve as a foundation for Guangdong in the future. The in-depth medical cooperation and exchanges between Hong Kong and Hong Kong have laid a good foundation and set a model for the establishment of the medical emergency mechanism in the entire Greater Bay Area."

  At the beginning of this year, the fifth wave of the new crown epidemic ravaged Hong Kong. 391 members of the mainland medical team from 25 tertiary hospitals in Guangdong with rich anti-epidemic experience quickly assembled to go to the front line of anti-epidemic, and fought side by side with their Hong Kong counterparts in the new crown treatment center. (AWE) (hereinafter referred to as: AWE) has treated more than 1,000 patients, completed the established work goals, and successfully completed the task of assisting Hong Kong.

The medical team returned to rest according to the central order.

The team members of the Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province completed the task of assisting Hong Kong photo by Chen Jimin

  Most of the patients treated in the AWE are elderly patients with many underlying diseases. Many patients need to live in bed and have limited self-care ability.

  In view of the fact that the diagnosis and treatment of elderly patients involves multiple disciplines, the mainland medical team has established an MDT (Multidisciplinary Treatment) consultation system and a special improvement plan, organized multidisciplinary consultations, improved comprehensive treatment capabilities, effectively identified critically ill patients and reduced the mortality of critically ill patients. Rate.

  The 29 team members sent by the Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Emergency Hospital) this time have rich experience in clinical treatment and hospital infection prevention and control. The nurses who participated in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia in the negative pressure ward are "post-95s" who are charging ahead.

  The leader of the medical team from the Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province to Hong Kong this time is Dr. Lin Zhousheng, who has rich experience in fighting the epidemic.

  Due to the differences in medical procedures and medical information systems between the mainland and Hong Kong, during the aid to Hong Kong, in addition to managing the team of his unit and participating in the clinical treatment of confirmed COVID-19 cases, Lin Zhousheng had to communicate with the Hong Kong medical management every day. The leaders of the bureau and medical staff communicate and exchange, and coordinate the medical and nursing work of the two places.

  "I am happiest when the medical team's work in the New Crown Treatment Center of AWE in Hong Kong is affirmed by patients who have treated and discharged patients." Lin Zhousheng said that some Hong Kong citizens sent him flowers and cards of gratitude. , let him feel the warmth of heart-to-heart with Hong Kong compatriots.

  "We have summarized the working system, process and experience of the training, and formed a work manual." Lin Zhousheng said that he hoped that through these experiences, it would provide a reference for medical cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland.

  After the outbreak in Hong Kong, the daughter of the head nurse Zhang Yu of the Department of General Medicine of the Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province, after receiving the news that her mother needed to go to Hong Kong for support, hand-painted two "safety paintings" for Zhang Yu, which are blooming bauhinia flowers. , and wrote: "May we meet again in Yangcheng when the redbuds bloom."

"I always take these two paintings with me. This is my daughter's encouragement to me, and it is also my encouragement to myself." Zhang Yu said.

  Professor Chong Yutian from the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, the chief team leader of the mainland medical team in Hong Kong, has been engaged in clinical treatment and basic research of infectious diseases for a long time. , to promote innovative collaboration between mainland medical team members and Hong Kong medical staff.

  "I hope that our team members will be able to fight the epidemic together with the medical staff in Hong Kong when they arrive. I also hope that through our efforts, more patients will receive timely treatment and recover as soon as possible. This is our common wish." Chong Yutian said.

  Today, this "veteran" in infectious diseases has led the team to victory. After the break, the "ace army" of infectious diseases prevention and control of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University will continue to make new contributions to the prevention and control of epidemics and the prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases .

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