Zhong Nanshan: Guardian of Life

Chapter 27 Send it to me

March was the most severe period in Guangdong's fight against SARS, and several hospitals dedicated to treating SARS patients were overwhelmed.On March [-], the cumulative number of reported cases in Guangdong Province exceeded [-] for the first time.Because "SARS" is extremely contagious, in the process of treating patients, medical staff bear the brunt of the infection one after another, and fall down one by one.At the most dangerous moment, Zhong Nanshan asked the Guangdong Provincial Department of Health: "In view of the technical strength of the Respiratory Research Institute and considering that critically ill patients are highly contagious, they should be treated intensively. Send the most serious patients to me. !” Zhong Nanshan’s pleading, loud and clear, is destined to be recorded in the annals of China’s fight against SARS.

Zhong Nanshan asked for his order in the face of danger, and led the colleagues of the entire Institute of Respiratory Medicine to stand on the most dangerous front line of fighting against "SARS". This is the responsibility of the doctors.What sets Zhong Nanshan apart when facing challenges is that when a challenge comes, as long as he is sure, Zhong Nanshan first considers how to succeed, not failure.Zhong Nanshan's initiative to ask for a job requires not only responsibility and courage, but also confidence.He has been fighting in the field of respiratory diseases for more than 30 years and has accumulated rich experience.The Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases is a center for the diagnosis, treatment and research of respiratory diseases. It has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in the treatment of respiratory failure. There is also a respiratory critical care center with advanced equipment donated by the Fok Ying Tung Foundation. "Patient treatment work platform.He believes that the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases has more advantages than other hospitals in rescuing severe SARS patients.He also knows the colleagues in the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases who have been with him day and night. They have experience and responsibility. If critically ill patients are sent here, the probability of the patient's rescue will be higher.Furthermore, these critically ill patients are highly contagious. If all hospitals are admitted, the potential area of ​​infection will be expanded.Only by concentrating them can the scope of infection in the process of treating patients be controlled and reduced.In addition to the above, Zhong Nanshan believes that concentrating critically ill patients in the research institute is also an opportunity for the research institute.The Institute will have direct access to the most complete SARS cases. From an academic point of view, it actually has a good opportunity to make full use of abundant case resources, refine research, conduct in-depth discussions, and try to make innovations.Beyond the present, Zhong Nanshan's eyes have already cast his eyes on the distance of academic research.If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs?All the arduous treks at present are to pick up the sweet fruit of victory in the distance.

Zhong Nanshan took the lead and fought on the front line.He made his intentions clear to his colleagues who fought side by side.He trusted everyone and gained everyone's trust.He personally examines patients and treats critically ill patients.He is on the front line, among the medical staff, among the patients.His mobile phone is turned on 24 hours a day, not only to deal with difficult problems encountered by patients admitted to the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases at any time, but also to be ready to respond to requests for advice from hospitals large and small in Guangzhou.When Zhong Nanshan asked the Guangdong Provincial Department of Health to "send all the most serious patients to me", he had already tied himself and all the medical staff here with the research institute. "I" is the Institute, and the Institute is "I".His request sent critically ill patients who were on the verge of extinction to the "life" situation, but pushed the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases to the most dangerous infection area.At the moment of asking for orders, Zhong Nanshan shouldered the heavy burden of ensuring that all the medical staff of the institute survived the epidemic safely.To his relief, none of the medical staff in the institute backed down, and they all followed him in a race against death without hesitation, snatching lives one after another from the hands of the disease.

Doctors and nurses at the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases collapsed one after another, and sick medical staff from other hospitals were sent here one by one.Zhong Nanshan felt a thousand swords piercing his heart.He made treatment plans for the sick medical staff and greeted the sick medical staff every day.No matter how tired or busy he is every day, he will go to the ward of Guangzhou Medical College to understand the physical condition of each medical staff and check the isolation measures of each medical staff.At the most difficult moment in the fight against SARS, there was still distrust and misunderstanding of medical staff in the society. Zhong Nanshan cried out in pain and called on the whole society to give trust, respect and support to the medical staff who are selflessly and fearlessly fighting against the disease.

Under the leadership of the Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau and the Health Bureau, Zhong Nanshan led experts in the Guangzhou area, and cooperated with the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, to establish the "Guangzhou SARS Epidemiology, Etiology and Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Research Group". Local experts work together to tackle key problems.Zhong Nanshan and the research team went all out to study the treatment of the disease.

The haze of the epidemic spread coldly. At the end of March [-], the "SARS" epidemic had appeared in several countries, and soon spread to Australia, Singapore, Canada and other countries, as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong and other regions of China.

On April [-], Zhong Nanshan reported to the World Health Organization expert group on behalf of the Guangdong Provincial SARS Medical Rescue Expert Steering Group in Guangzhou.

Experts from the World Health Organization originally expressed doubts about China's ability to deal with "SARS", but after hearing Zhong Nanshan's informative and convincing report, they were very shocked.They fully affirmed the work of the Chinese people: "Some experience is bought through life and blood. Professor Zhong Nanshan's experience is very rich, and this experience is a valuable asset for the world's fight against SARS. In the prevention and treatment of SARS , Guangdong has done a lot of work.”

This was Zhong Nanshan's first contact with the World Health Organization. He let the World Health Organization see a Chinese expert who dared to speak the truth, and saw the Chinese people's fearless attitude and serious research and exploration in dealing with SARS, a world-class medical problem. the spirit of.The Chinese have the answer in practice!At this time, Zhong Nanshan stood in front of the international experts. He represented a Chinese doctor, a Chinese!Zhong Nanshan once again won praise for the Chinese people.Zhong Nanshan didn't care about the success of his report.He felt that he was just doing his part to complete the task.It is very important to report the situation of China's fight against "SARS", and it is very important to speak out your own thoughts in a realistic manner, but more importantly, Zhong Nanshan hopes to solve the problem!During five days, experts from Guangdong Province represented by Zhong Nanshan had a good exchange with experts from the World Health Organization.They exchanged questions about diagnosis and treatment of patients, the regularity of epidemiology, discussed the etiology of SARS, and established friendly relations with each other.Everyone has the same goal: to face human diseases together.

At the press conference on the research progress of SARS pathogens in Guangzhou held by the Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Zhong Nanshan announced that as of April [-], the number of cases of SARS in Guangdong Province in April showed a significant downward trend compared with the same period last month.After March, very few patients died, and most of them were cured. The issuance of "Guidelines for Hospital Admission and Treatment of SARS Patients in Guangdong Province", "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of SARS in Public Places in Guangdong Province" and "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of SARS in Schools and Kindergartens in Guangdong Province" has effectively guided all regions "SARS" prevention and control work.At the meeting, Zhong Nanshan summarized three main experiences of preventing and treating SARS in Guangdong: one is to attach importance to the exchange of information on epidemiology, etiology, and clinical medicine; the other is to make full use of the four effective clinical treatment experiences summarized, namely, Combined treatment with Western medicine, appropriate use of large doses of corticosteroids as needed, non-invasive ventilation, and emphasis on secondary infections; third, timely concentration of critically ill patients with atypical pneumonia in specialized hospitals for treatment, thereby reducing cross-infection and improving the success rate of treatment.

It was with the persistence of experts represented by Zhong Nanshan that Guangdong's fight against SARS was able to move in the right direction.With the hard work of Guangdong medical warriors represented by Zhong Nanshan, Guangdong Province has made fruitful progress in the fight against SARS.It is also their unconventional and effective measures based on facts and explored from practice that have become the basis of diagnosis and treatment guidelines for my country's fight against "SARS", making Guangdong's "SARS" fatality rate (3.8%) the lowest in the world.

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