Changjiang Daily Wuhan Client, April 27th. At 5:30 a.m. on April 26, 43-year-old Hu Zhili woke up naturally. He gently got up in the dark, dressed and washed, without daring to make any noise, just to avoid waking up his wife, who is the head teacher in the middle school, and a pair of 3-year-old twin daughters.
At 6:15, when I went out from my house in Jianxin Village, Chengguan, Caidian, the sky was still dark, the streets were deserted, and there were few passers-by.
After having breakfast at a breakfast shop, Hu Zhili walked to Caidian District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, which is less than 10 minutes away.
At 6:30, when Hu Zhili came to the second floor of the hospital, there was still an hour and a half before the hospital went to work.
7:00 am in winter and spring and 6:30 am in summer and autumn. For 15 years, acupuncturist Hu Zhili went to work almost an hour earlier every day, “sometimes earlier”.
Hu Zhili’s outpatient clinic is one of the busiest departments in the hospital. He is the first doctor to work in the hospital. In Hu Zhili’s view, “come early if you can come early, free up more time to treat more patients, and let patients wait less.”
Hurrying to the clinic
Hu Zhili is giving acupuncture to a patient. Photo by reporter Zhang Heng
71-year-old Gu Yunxian lives in Caidian Chengguan and has been suffering from frozen shoulder and cervical vertebrae for a long time. Due to the rainy days, the old problem recurred. She wanted to ask Hu Zhili, a doctor she has known for 20 years, to help her with acupuncture.
When Gu Yunxian came to the clinic of the acupuncture and moxibustion department of the hospital, she found that two patients had arrived before her. 14 patients have gathered in front of the acupuncture clinic, and they are sitting or standing in the corridor. I don’t know who shouted and queued up in order. Everyone moved to the door of the consultation room and lined up to the stairs one after another.
Gu Yunxian told reporters: “Most of the people who came to grab the first batch of treatment in the morning were old patients, and it was customary to queue up consciously. Everyone was old, and they wanted to finish the treatment earlier, so they could buy a vegetable.”
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Hu Zhili is treating the patient. Photo by reporter Zhang Heng
When everyone was lining up, it was exactly 6:30. Hu Zhili hurriedly walked from the stairs to the clinic, took out the key and opened the clinic door. treatment bed.
Hu Zhili greeted everyone warmly: “If you don’t have a bed, come to me to pick up your tickets, and you will be in the second batch.”
“Your neck still hurts? Well, I see.” One In the group of ten people, Gu Yunxian came in third. Hu Zhili came to Gu Yunxian, disinfected, found acupuncture points, and placed needles in one go.
The needles of acupuncture and moxibustion are very thin, and if the needle angle is slightly wrong, it is easy to pierce or bleed.
At 7:25, 31-year-old Mei Biao, a young doctor in the department, came to the department. At this time, the first patient to be treated by Hu Zhili just arrived at the treatment time. Mei Biao took the initiative to take the needle.
One person applies the needle, the other person puts down the needle, and the two cooperate tacitly. Hu Zhili not only gave needles to patients according to the number, but also saw the patients. From 6:30 am to 9:30 am, Hu Zhili did not take a sip of water.
“I have to go to the toilet to drink water. I’m too busy and I don’t have time, so I simply don’t drink it.” Hu Zhili said.
Try to satisfy every patient
Hu Zhili is diagnosing the patient. Photo by reporter Zhang Heng
In 2000, 21-year-old Hu Zhili graduated from Jianghan University and was admitted to Caidian District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Close to home and professional counterparts are one of the reasons why Hu Zhili chose this hospital.
“At the time of my entry, the hospital had simple facilities and a three-story building. There were not many patients and few doctors, and the acupuncture and physiotherapy departments were combined. Now the hospital has built a new building, only acupuncture and moxibustion. There are only 10 doctors in the department, which has changed a lot compared with the previous conditions.” Hu Zhili said that when he was young, he also longed to work in a large hospital in the central city, but the spirit of the old Chinese medicine doctor in the department to serve the patients wholeheartedly moved him.
“At that time, I was the director of the department and my teacher. As long as the patient had a reasonable reason, whether the time was 6:30 in the morning or 7:00 in the evening, he would wait in the consultation room and try his best to satisfy every patient. patient.” Hu Zhili said.
With the growth of Hu Zhili’s medical skills, he has a reputation among patients as “patient and responsible”. More and more villagers seek him for treatment, and there will be long queues in front of the department in the morning.
Hu Zhili said that an “accident” made him decide to go to work an hour earlier.
In early 2007, when I went to work at 8:00 in the morning, the door of the clinic was already full of people. When the door was opened, patients rushed to the consultation room. In the chaos, a grandfather was knocked down, but fortunately there was no serious problem. “There are many patients, the waiting time is long, and the people complain. I want to come to work early, so I can see more. It doesn’t matter if I’m tired, as long as the people are satisfied.”
Starting in March 2007, every day ahead of schedule One hour has become Hu Zhili’s working time, and this persistence is 15 years.
I can’t see anyone when I open my eyes in the morning. Hu Zhili’s wife Wang Jun sometimes complains that her husband doesn’t care about his family. Wang Jun told reporters that she is a middle school teacher, and she is usually busy with work. The children are always helped by the elderly. Sometimes she will complain a few words when she feels distressed for her children, but it is understandable, “Doctors are like teachers, only hard work can help. It will gain the affirmation and satisfaction of the masses.” (Reporter Zhang Heng of Changjiang Daily, correspondent Zhang Wenjing and Sun Keliang)