during those weeks, the virus in the town quickly spread. Medical resources, particularly hospital beds, was too limited to meet demand, says the Deputy Director of the Commission on health of Hubei province Zhang Dinoi, who at the time was President of Signincant hospital is the first hospital designed for patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan.
the 57-year-old Zhang Dinyi, which in 2018 was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – an incurable disease-motor neuron – few months have been busy monitoring and treating patients along with more than 600 colleagues.
“People in the city were deeply concerned that they will not be treated if they get sick, because of the acute shortage of medical resources,” he says. All clinics were Packed with people. Many patients with COVID-19 with relatively mild symptoms were sent home for isolation, because hospital beds were not enough.
“House of the people, as a rule, ignored the signs that their condition worsened, so when they finally came to the hospital, they were already seriously ill, said Zhang. – Many countries still prefer to send patients with COVID-19 home, as we did in the early stages of the outbreak, therefore, we see that they have the number of infected continues to grow, and the infection continues to spread.”
According to Mr. Zhang, it later became clear that the creation of makeshift hospitals in the exhibition halls and stadiums was a turning point in the city’s struggle with flash. This not only ensured that all patients can be placed in medical hospitals, to cut off potential routes of transmission of the virus. But also helped to calm people down, explain to them that everyone will be able to get proper medical treatment, he said.
In Wuhan, the construction of such hospitals began on 3 February and the first three were completed in 29 hours. Only 16 was created makeshift hospitals in 14 thousand beds. They took more than 12 thousand patients with mild symptoms, which is about a quarter of all 50 333 infected in the city, officials said.
a Temporary hospital, located in the exhibition center, was visible from the Windows of the hospital Ringingtone. “About 60 patients from the temporary hospital were transferred to our hospital as soon as their condition deteriorated,” said Zhang.
“unlike previous critically ill patients transferred from hospitals of the time were very calm and recovered before, knowing that they will receive appropriate support,” he explained.
Due to the fact that the spread of the epidemic in the city was under the complete control of all makeshift hospitals in Wuhan were closed already by March 10.
Li Li, a 38-year-old resident of Wuhan, said: “I felt much less anxiety aftere the creation of temporary hospitals. Especially after learned the news about the conditions of stay in them and the details of medical care provided. I understand that we will be able to obtain appropriate treatment even if infected. It really cheered me.”
According to responsible for the medical administration and supervision of the National Commission of health of the Jiao Ahua, mass screening of the residents of Wuhan also played a key role in slowing the epidemic in China. February 6, the Central working group, led the anti-epidemic measures in Hubei headed by the Vice Prime Minister sun Chunlan, recommended the government of Wuhan to strengthen inspections. According to officials, was discovered 6326 confirmed or suspected patients with COVID-19 among the 4.2 million families.
“Thus, we could guarantee that no patient will remain unattended, and the sources of infection will be isolated, said Jiao Ahua, who arrived in Wuhan on February 2 and left the city on April 26. – In addition, a decision was made to close the residential areas, which allowed us to conduct a thorough screening more efficiently and quickly.”
All residential areas in Wuhan were closed on 10 February, in order to minimize the movement of people. And already on March 18, the city announced that for the first time after flash new confirmed cases of the disease there.
