Chapter 17: Hospital outpatients are overcrowded

On the morning of January 20, Lin Yueqin put on protective clothing early in the morning and came to the isolation ward of the inpatient department to check on the new crown pneumonia patients admitted to the hospital, including more than a dozen medical staff infected with new crown pneumonia in the hospital, carefully inquired about the condition of each patient, and encouraged everyone not to be afraid, to build confidence, and to be cured and discharged.

She came to Li Linyuan's hospital room and saw him wearing a mask and lying on the hospital bed with a drip, looking preoccupied.

"Secretary Li, how do you feel, are you feeling better?" Lin Yueqin greeted.

Seeing Lin Yueqin come in to check the room, he hurriedly sat up and leaned on the back of the bed: "Yueqin, thank you and Feng Lei for your care and help this time." I feel that the high fever is better than yesterday, but my breathing is still not smooth. ”

Lin Yueqin took his temperature, although it was a little lower than yesterday, the high fever still did not subside.

Li Linyuan informed Lin Yueqin: On December 30, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission issued an "Emergency Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Treatment of Pneumonia of Unknown Cause" to medical institutions in the jurisdiction. On the 31st, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a team of experts to Wuhan early in the morning to study and analyze the virus. On January 8, the expert evaluation team of the National Health Commission concluded that this virus is a coronavirus, although it has a certain similarity with SARS in 2003, but it is not SARS, but a new coronavirus, and the new coronavirus is preliminarily confirmed to be the pathogen of the epidemic.

Lin Yueqin said: "Yes, the country attaches great importance to this infectious disease, and the country's top experts rushed to Wuhan to investigate and analyze and study the virus, so it was quickly clarified that this virus is a new type of coronavirus that has never been discovered in the past." Lin Yueqin said, "Secretary Li, I read your CT film and test report in detail yesterday, and I think that you have been infected for a while, and you may not have a fever at the beginning, but there is an incubation period, so now the condition has reached the middle stage." ”

Li Linyuan was very shocked when he heard this, and his face was full of panic. After relieving himself, he said: "Last night, I repeatedly and carefully recalled where I was infected with this new coronavirus? Thinking about it, it is estimated that there are two possibilities: one is that on January 13, I went to visit the actors who participated in the rehearsal of the gala performance, and on the 17th, I watched the evening performance, and I did not wear masks, and after the performance, I went on stage to shake hands with some of the main actors, and the next day I learned from the news report. Some actors have a cold and insist on performing with illness', it is estimated that these actors are not all colds, and it is very likely that someone has been infected with the new coronavirus. The second is that on the 18th, I went to the Guanyin Pavilion community to participate in the 'Ten Thousand Family Banquet', and I didn't wear a mask, so I am also very likely to be infected. ”

"Yes, Secretary Li, you are also too careless. This new coronavirus is extremely contagious, and once you come into contact with a person who has the virus, and you don't pay attention to precautions, you can easily be infected. However, since you are infected with the virus, you must let go of your mental baggage, actively cooperate with the treatment, do not worry and fear too much, and believe that we have a way to cure you. Lin Yueqin tried her best to comfort Li Linyuan.

After checking the ward, Lin Yueqin convened several experts from the department to consult the new crown pneumonia patients one by one, repeatedly analyzed and considered the CT scan and test reports, and decided to treat each patient according to the different pharmacological characteristics of Chinese and Western medicines, according to the severity of each patient's condition: for mild patients, the traditional Chinese medicine "Xuanlung Detox Soup" developed by Cheng Huanran was used for treatment, and for moderate and severe patients, the Western medicine "Xuanlung Detox Soup" was mainly used for Western medicine As a supplement, the treatment is carried out by a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.

After the consultation, it was already 10 o'clock. Lin Yueqin came to the outpatient building, entered the hall, and was stunned by the scene in front of her: the registration hall, the outpatient hall, the corridor, and the corridor were crowded with people who came to see the doctor. All 10 registration windows in the outpatient building are open, and each window is full of people in line, and patients are constantly joining the queue. More than 20 self-service registration machines were also surrounded by water, and although there were professional medical staff on the side, it was still difficult to register because there were too many patients.

Most of the people who came to see the doctor did not wear masks. Lin Yueqin was very worried in her heart, if there were new crown pneumonia patients among these patients, how terrible it would be to be cross-infected!

On the elevator escalator in the lobby, there are people standing up and down. Next to the vertical elevator entrance up and down the stairs, the staff kept shouting in a hoarse voice: "Please don't crowd, go down first and then go up, safety first." "Every elevator that goes up and down is full of people.

The hospital had to send administrative and logistics staff to control the flow of people on the spot, including the emergency department, respiratory department, infection department, internal medicine outpatient department, laboratory room, CT room...... Every area is crowded.

Lin Yueqin hurriedly called Vice President Qin Hui, the leader in charge of the hospital: "President Qin, there are a lot of patients who come to the hospital today, and the outpatient hall is full of patients who come to see the doctor, and most of them are not wearing masks. This level of density will virtually greatly increase the risk of new crown pneumonia infection. It is recommended that the hospital quickly take out a batch of masks and distribute them to those patients who do not wear masks. ”

Qin Hui said, "Okay, I'll go over and take a look." ”

"Okay, please come over quickly, I'll be waiting for you in the outpatient lobby. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Deng Yixian, the director of the emergency department, hurriedly passing by the hall, Lin Yueqin hurriedly stopped her: "Yixian, what's wrong, you are in such a hurry?"

Deng Yixian saw that it was Lin Yueqin who called her, and hurriedly ran over: "Director Lin, there are a lot of patients who come to see the doctor today, and there are long queues everywhere. Our emergency department is constantly receiving patients and is very busy. In less than two hours, more than 50 patients suspected of new coronavirus pneumonia were treated. I want to go and report to the hospital to see what measures the hospital should take next. ”

"Don't go now, let's just wait here, Vice President Qin Hui will come over immediately, and we will report to him together." ”

As he was talking, he saw Qin Hui wearing a mask and rushed over with Director Chen from the hospital office.

"Dean Qin, look at it, there are so many patients who come to the outpatient clinic today, it is estimated that it is three to five times the usual number. You see that these patients are basically not wearing masks, what is the risk of cross-infection!" Lin Yueqin pulled Deng Yixian and hurriedly stepped forward and said to Qin Hui.

Deng Yixian also hurriedly reported: "Dean Qin, our emergency department is also overcrowded today, and we have received more than 50 patients suspected of new crown pneumonia in the morning, all of whom have taken CT and are now doing nucleic acid testing." ”

Vice President Qin looked at the patients everywhere, and most of them did not wear masks, and agreed with Lin Yueqin's opinion, and said to Director Chen of the hospital office next to him: "Old Chen, Director Lin is right, so many patients who see a doctor do not wear masks, if there are new coronavirus carriers among them, it will cause a large-scale infection, and the consequences are very serious." Hurry up and arrange it, get a batch of medical masks, and organize personnel to distribute them to these patients who are not wearing masks. ”

Director Chen said, "Okay, I'll implement it immediately." After speaking, he quickly took out his mobile phone and called the staff of the hospital office to make arrangements.

Lin Yueqin said anxiously: "Dean Qin, according to the current trend, the isolation wards we expanded a few days ago are far from enough. I suggest that the training building of the hospital be vacated as soon as possible, anyway, they have no training arrangements at the end of the year, and they should quickly convert this eight-story building into an isolation ward to admit those new crown pneumonia patients for isolation and treatment. Otherwise, the next step is really unimaginable, and there is no way back. ”

Deng Yixian also hurriedly echoed: "Dean Qin, I also think Director Lin's idea is very good. Otherwise, the next step will be really troublesome!"

Qin Hui nodded, thought about it carefully, and said, "You really have to prepare in advance now, otherwise you will be very passive." Lao Chen, according to Director Lin's suggestion, your hospital office quickly found a way to immediately convert the training building into an isolation ward. ”

After speaking, Qin Hui waved hello to Lin Yueqin and Deng Yixian, and hurried back to the hospital office with Director Chen.

At this time, Lin Yueqin's mobile phone rang, and at first glance, it was her sister-in-law Cheng Shuang calling: "Sister-in-law, how is the situation in your hospital recently? Are there many new crown pneumonia patients receiving treatment? In the past two days, our hospital has received more than 80 such patients, more than 60 cases have been confirmed, and more than 20 cases are suspected. It looks like it's getting worse!"

"Yes, the number of patients who came to the outpatient clinic in our hospital today has suddenly increased several times, and many suspected cases of new crown pneumonia have been received, and we are now doing nucleic acid testing and diagnosis. Lin Yueqin hurriedly replied and instructed: "Shuangshuang, you must be careful, you must do a good job of personal protection!"

"Okay, sister-in-law, take care of yourself!"

Lin Yueqin hurriedly rushed back to her department, inquired about the reception of the department in the morning, and immediately went to the expert outpatient room for consultation.

Due to the surge in patients, doctors had to work overtime and even gave up their midday break.

On January 20, the number of visits to Jimin Hospital in a single day set a new record.

The development of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has accelerated rapidly, which is very unexpected, and the prevention and control situation has suddenly become tense......