(Shanghai War Epidemic Record) The designated hospital for the treatment of the new crown in the northern part of the Shanghai Ninth Hospital: 5 centenarians have recovered and been discharged

Among the patients in the designated hospital for new crown treatment in the northern part of Shanghai Ninth Hospital, the proportion of high-risk elderly patients is quite large, and there is no room for relaxation and carelessness. Photo courtesy of Shanghai Ninth Hospital

China News Service, Shanghai, May 17th (Chen Jing Xuying) The reporter learned on the 17th that five people who were admitted to the North New Crown Treatment Designated Hospital of the Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Ninth Hospital) The centenarians have been discharged from the hospital.

In the past few days, the number of discharged patients from the designated hospital has exceeded the number of patients admitted. “Since April 18, the designated hospital in the northern part of Shanghai Ninth Hospital has treated 2,131 patients, including 202 people over 90 years old and 1,066 people between 70 and 89 years old.” Wang Changqian, Vice President of Shanghai Ninth Hospital Introduced to reporters on the same day. Guo Lian, secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai Ninth Hospital, emphasized that the treatment work in the designated hospitals is entering the final stage of tackling. Among the patients in the hospital, high-risk elderly patients account for a large proportion, and there is no room for relaxation and carelessness.

Wu Hao, president of the Shanghai Ninth Hospital, said that the designated hospitals in the north currently have 16 open wards with 840 available beds, including 16 intensive care ICU beds and 26 quasi-ICU beds. In the future, the northern designated hospital will accelerate the integration of wards, merge some general wards, adjust a general ward and convert it into a quasi-ICU ward, and add 26 ICU beds. This move aims to more effectively improve the efficiency of ward management, and also to make emergency plans for possible changes in the patient’s condition.

The doctor’s homemade bouquet sent off the centenarian to be discharged from the hospital. Photo courtesy of Shanghai Ninth Hospital

Guo Lian said: “In the past month, the medical system in the designated hospitals has been continuously improved, the medical force has been continuously enriched, the hospital sense management has been strictly regulated, and the logistical support has been fully in place. It is inseparable from the efforts of all the medical staff of Shanghai No. The strong support of Hubei medical team and Jiangxi medical team is not available.”

It is reported that currently in the designated hospital in the north of Shanghai Ninth Hospital, 65 people from the Hubei medical team have been working together with 53 members of the intensive care team of Shanghai Ninth Hospital since April 21 to manage the intensive ICU ward in groups to ensure the ICU ward. Treatment of critically ill and severe patients; 154 people from the Jiangxi Aid Shanghai Medical Team, after finishing the medical mission of the Fangcang shelter hospital on May 7, docked with the designated hospital in the northern part of the Shanghai No. 9 Hospital, and then entered 14 general wards to cooperate with Shanghai The nine hospitals and nurses work together to carry out medical work.

According to Guo Lian, one of the Jiangxi medical teams assisted in Shanghai this time has an unusual relationship with the Shanghai Ninth Hospital. The Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital was founded by Shi Meiyu, a female doctor who was originally from Hubei and returned to China after studying abroad. (End)