Local media “lack of medical personnel… Infectious medical personnel may be sent”
Quarantine authorities ‘We can invite recently retired medical staff’
Local media, including the financial world, reported on the 15th that the number of medical personnel infected with Corona 19 has increased rapidly since China relaxed the quarantine, causing treatment interruptions.
An official from a Beijing tertiary hospital said, “20% of the medical staff have been infected with Corona 19 and are in self-isolation, which is disrupting the hospital’s operation.”
He said: “The number of patients with fever has soared, but there is a shortage of medical staff, so there is a gap in treatment.”
He said: “It’s not clear how many of the medical staff who normally go to work are infected,” he said.
Hu Xiaojun, director of the intensive care unit of another hospital in Beijing, said that “10% of medical staff have been infected and the number of infections is increasing rapidly.”
At the time of “Zero Corona”, people infected with Corona 19 were housed in dedicated hospitals and completely locked out from the outside, and general hospitals carried out PCR tests on all medical personnel every day, and closed the hospital when a person occurred infected. prevention and control were strict.
Last month, a Wuhan doctor went to work at the hospital after a mixed PCR test, and when the mixed tester later tested positive, his allowance was reduced for violating quarantine regulations, causing controversy.
However, after the additional quarantine was relaxed on the 7th, the hospital threshold was lowered to treat all patients whether or not they were Corona 19 infected and as most PCR testing for medical staff was stopped , COVID-19 infection in hospitals is spreading rapidly.
As the number of patients increases, infected medical staff are cut off from care and the remaining doctors and nurses are overworked to fill the void.
Jang Won-hong, director of the National Center for Epidemic Medicine, recently noted that the peak spread of COVID-19 could come within a month and last 3 to 6 months.
In this situation, there are worried rumors that if the number of infected medical personnel increases and the remaining medical personnel are exhausted due to heavy work, it may lead to a medical crisis.
Regarding the sudden death of a medical student in a Chengdu hospital on the 13th, there are suspicions that he may have been overworked or infected with Corona 19 while treating a rapidly increasing number of patients.
Quarantine experts unanimously agreed that for now it is better to manage medical institutions so that medical personnel are not immediately infected and medical institutions are not crippled.
Liu Qingming, director of a hospital in Shanghai, said: “According to the measures to ease the quarantine, it has become impossible to block the infection in the hospital at its source.
Hu Xiaojun, director of the Beijing hospital, insisted that “the isolation facilities of fever clinics should be removed and fully opened to avoid close contact, and medical personnel should stop wearing protective clothing to prevent exhaustion.” physicist”.
Peng Jie, deputy director of Nanfang Medical University Affiliated Hospital, advised, “We must prevent the rapid spread of Corona 19 in the hospital by infected medical personnel by blocking contacts, such as eating individually and holding meetings via video.”
The quarantine authorities have suggested using retired medical personnel to solve the problem of medical shortage.
At a press conference on the 15th, the State Council’s Corona 19 Response Joint Quarantine Control Organization said, “We need to increase the number of medical personnel, but the manpower problem is difficult to solve in a short time.” of time”. he said.
The Joint Epidemic Prevention and Control Organization stressed, “If we invite them back to work in primary medical institutions, we can alleviate the problem of manpower shortage that medical institutions are currently experiencing.”
Some point out that patients and medical staff were in a confusing situation as the quarantine was suddenly eased without sufficient preparation for the medical system to function normally, raising concerns of a medical crisis.
/yunhap news
