With the double holiday coming up, how can rural areas cope with the new crown infection?

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What should be done in rural areas of China, which have a large geographical area and a large population, but limited medical resources per capita, to face the possible peak of new crown infections? And what should rural areas do to prepare for the coming wave of homecoming? #News1+1 joins Guo Wanshen, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Health Commission, and Wu Hao, head of the community prevention and control group of the Beijing New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group, tonight to find out how rural areas can prepare for the upcoming double holiday season.

Elderly people with underlying diseases in rural areas.

Plus what to do with the onslaught of neo-crown virus

Guo Wanshen, Deputy Director of Henan Provincial Health Commission: For the key populations in rural areas, especially the elderly, we have developed a series of measures to protect their needs in terms of medical treatment. First of all, we also recognize that there are many elderly people suffering from basic diseases in rural areas, and for some elderly people who have basic diseases and low immunity, especially those who have not been vaccinated, the probability of serious illnesses will greatly increase, so it is highly important. Then specific initiatives to strengthen the first vaccination, we are reluctant to play, afraid to play, can not play the elderly, we take a differentiated targeted measures, and strive to make every person who can play as much as possible to play up, to improve the vaccination rate of the elderly population, to reduce their probability of serious illness. The other thing is to carry out mapping of key populations, mapping out all 65 year olds one by one, especially those who have what underlying diseases, their current status, etc., so that it is easy to carry out targeted consultation health services. In addition, the accessibility of services, the establishment of a file for the elderly to establish a counterpart contact mechanism to monitor their health, so that problems can be detected and dealt with in a timely manner. Another point is the nursing home, the nursing home is a priority. As a key place, we mainly provide health services to the disabled and semi-disabled elderly, and establish a corresponding service liaison institution, which is also very important.

When facing the peak of infection, the

What is the biggest challenge facing rural areas?

Dong Qian: A week ago, the relevant state departments issued two documents related to the prevention and control of epidemics in rural areas, which set out very specific requirements for what should be done in rural areas, from county hospitals to township health centers to village clinics, and should be completed by the end of December. Then we’ll connect with an expert, the head of the community prevention and control group of the Beijing New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Leading Group, Dean Wu Hao of the School of Family Medicine and Continuing Education at Capital Medical University. President Wu, we have been emphasizing that medical resources are relatively weak in rural areas compared to urban areas, so what is the biggest challenge facing rural areas at this time of potential peak infection?

The new pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work in Beijing leading group of community prevention and control group leader Wu Hao: I think one of the elderly, children, especially these older people are more basic diseases are not effectively controlled, and their ability to detect themselves, that is, the ability to detect early is also relatively weak, so I think this is one of the main reasons. The second reason is the weakness of medical resources. There is also the remoteness of rural areas may also affect the medical treatment, which is one of the biggest risks.

Dong Qian: In rural areas is the role of the county hospital is to play a serious medical treatment, but it is clear that the rural county hospital medical resources are not very perfect, in this case how to do? And who is going to help them to improve at this time?

The new pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work in Beijing leading group of community prevention and control group leader Wu Hao: Jiao Yahui, director of the previous has made a very clear points, that is, to play a role of our municipal hospitals and expert guidance, including the role of a sink, to help and help county hospitals, especially in the critical care of a professional technical guidance, each city should also do a good job in this area of coordination. The role.

Dong Qian: Now if we look at it from the perspective of urban resources, what can we do to help rural areas?

The new pneumonia epidemic prevention and control work in Beijing leading group of community prevention and control group leader Wu Hao: I think with the opportunity of this wave of infection, if after the double holiday, the city’s medical crowding should be significantly better, this time can mobilize urban medical resources to the front action, including the sinking of some professional and technical cadres technical backbone directly to the township health centers, graded treatment and technical assistance to promote the role of. As far as possible early detection, early control, early treatment.

If the peak of infection comes

What about the elderly in rural areas who are sick?

Dong Qian: President Wu, just now we asked the comrades of the Henan Health Commission said that we now have to screen the elderly in rural areas one by one, to be able to know what diseases the rural 65-year-olds have, and what people are in need of special attention. We have such a list, if the peak of infection really came, what can play a role, they are sick what to do?

The first one is that we need to identify and classify them as high and medium risk areas, like some elderly people. Our township health centers, or open a green channel, transferred to the designated county hospitals, or even to our relevant municipal hospitals for timely treatment.