The overall demand for fever clinic visits in Beijing is slowing down

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

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The Beijing Municipal Health Commission introduced on December 22 that on the 21st, 65,000 fever patients were seen in the city’s fever clinics, an 11% decrease from the recent peak of 73,000 visits. The overall demand for fever outpatient clinics tends to moderate, but is still at a high level.
In response to the recent rapid increase in the number of new coronavirus infections in the city, the city’s Health and Wellness Commission has continued to increase the number of fever clinics by improving the hierarchical medical service system and renovating public facilities, with the total number of fever clinics rapidly increasing from 94 to 1,263. At the same time, the mapping of key populations over 65 years old was carried out.
The city relied on the mechanism of the district medical association to organize the distribution of oxygen clips to high-risk groups such as the elderly, and self-measurement of blood oxygen at home. Districts are encouraged to provide oxygen filling services in community health service institutions for residents in need and include them in medical insurance reimbursement. For those who exceed the capacity of primary care, they are quickly referred to the second and third level hospitals in the district. Efforts were made to improve the capacity of the 120 dispatching and command system, requiring emergency calls to be “accessible”. The number of emergency vehicles on duty in the city has reached 650, and all hospitals should accept all patients with acute and critical illnesses transferred by 120, and should not refuse to treat patients without nucleic acid and antigen results. In addition to enriching the emergency department’s treatment force, the emergency department and the inpatient admission channel were opened, and the emergency admission area was expanded from the emergency detention area to the inpatient wards of various departments in the hospital, allowing inter-departmental admission. For key patients, we implement “one patient, one policy” and set up critical care teams and specialized medical teams to provide professional treatment and care.