Photo courtesy of Nanyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Henan Province
People’s Daily Online, Zhengzhou, April 8 (Shi Yan) “Professor Cui, the child’s condition is very serious now, thank you very much for consulting him.” On the afternoon of April 7, “Nanyang International Telemedicine Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Anti-epidemic” The first clinic was opened in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Nanyang City, Henan Province, and a 12-year-old Russian boy Liusha, who was far away in Moscow, was connected to the scene. After the consultation, Liu Sha’s mother thanked Cui Shuke, the chief TCM physician and doctoral tutor of Nanyang TCM Hospital, through an interpreter.
According to reports, Liu Sha suffered from new coronary pneumonia in 2021 and is now diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The Nanyang expert team composed of Cui Shuke, Wang Zhifu, Pang Jianguo, Guo Quan, and attending physician Dong Jun, the deputy chief physicians of Nanyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, used the remote consultation platform to learn about Liusha’s condition in detail through the local traditional Chinese physicians. After consultation, full discussion and communication, an exclusive Chinese medicine treatment plan was prescribed for Liu Sha.
Why did the Liusha family choose traditional Chinese medicine? The relevant person in charge of Nanyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine introduced that the current global epidemic situation is severe, and traditional Chinese medicine is constantly going abroad. In order to meet the needs of foreign patients for the prevention and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, further publicize and promote Nanyang traditional Chinese medicine, and promote Nanyang traditional Chinese medicine to enter the “Belt and Road”, the Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Bureau recently took the lead in organizing the establishment of the “Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Antibiotics” in Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Epidemic International Telemedicine Center”.
On the opening day, the expert team of Nanyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital also conducted remote diagnosis and treatment for two international patients and one Chinese domestic patient in Sydney, Australia. According to reports, the two patients in Sydney are both patients with new coronary pneumonia, and both belong to the follow-up consultation. The male patient is no longer in serious condition and is recovering; the symptoms of the female patient have improved significantly.
A Ying, deputy mayor of Nanyang, said that the combination of remote consultation and traditional Chinese medicine is a good start for Nanyang traditional Chinese medicine to go global. In the future, Nanyang will continue to develop this model, give full play to the advantages of Zhongjing Jingfang in anti-epidemic, spread the traditional Chinese medicine culture overseas, and make the world know more about Zhongjing Jingfang and traditional Chinese medicine culture.