National Health Commission recently held a press conference to introduce the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases in winter in China and answer reporters’ questions, so as to clearly improve the ability of receiving medical treatment and the standardized level of diagnosis and treatment.
With the continuous winter in all parts of China, respiratory diseases have entered a period of high incidence. Monitoring shows that the recent continuous rise of acute respiratory diseases is related to the superposition of various respiratory pathogens. Faced with this situation, it is necessary and timely for National Health Commission to issue authoritative information, scientifically guide local medical institutions to do a good job in diagnosis and treatment, and remind the public, especially susceptible people, to do personal protection.
Coordinate medical resources to facilitate the people to seek medical treatment in an orderly manner nearby. In view of the recent frequent occurrence of acute respiratory diseases, medical institutions should strive to open relevant consultation rooms, expand treatment areas, appropriately extend service hours, and enhance the ability of receiving services. It is also necessary to implement the grading diagnosis and treatment system, adjust the strength across disciplines and hospitals, give play to the role of medical association, and improve the diagnosis and treatment ability of general infections and the efficiency of severe identification and referral. Internet hospitals should play the role of "cloud medical treatment" to divert patients and reduce the risk of cross-infection. Local medical institutions must further strengthen management, standardize diagnosis and treatment behavior, improve medical quality, and meet the needs of the masses for medical treatment.
Optimize outpatient service and strive to improve people’s medical experience. General hospitals, specialized hospitals, grass-roots community health service centers and other medical institutions at all levels and types of respiratory clinics, fever clinics to implement the "should be open to all", and create conditions to open night clinics. The establishment of a dynamic monitoring and deployment mechanism can mobilize the wards and qualified administrative staff who have been transferred to other posts to support the respiratory outpatient service, and realize that medical resources should be deployed to the best of their ability. At the same time, reduce unnecessary links, and "simplify as much as possible" in service processes such as registration, inspection and drug collection. Focusing on patients’ urgent difficulties and worries, we should dig deep into the internal resource potential of medical institutions, strive to upgrade the diagnosis and treatment services and expand the service connotation, and ensure the people to obtain better medical and health services.
Pay attention to "one old and one young", and the protection starts from the self. The elderly, children and patients with basic diseases are more vulnerable to virus attacks. Professionals suggest that key populations actively vaccinate relevant vaccines to reduce the risk of influenza and serious complications. For managers, it is necessary to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control in key crowded places such as schools, kindergartens and nursing homes, and reduce personnel flow and visits. People should improve their awareness of self-protection, adhere to the hygienic habits of wearing masks, washing hands frequently and opening windows for ventilation, ensure adequate sleep, maintain a healthy diet and enhance immunity. Take the initiative to learn health knowledge, improve health literacy and strengthen health management. Everyone should be the first responsible person for their own health.
To scientifically prevent and treat respiratory diseases in winter, we should adhere to prevention first, improve the coordination and integration mechanism of medical prevention, and at the same time strengthen the prevention and treatment system and emergency capacity building to effectively curb the spread of respiratory diseases. Governments at all levels should always give priority to the protection of people’s health, scientifically allocate relevant resources and continuously enhance the health and well-being of the people.
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