The medial team sent by Jiangsu to Huangshi City, Hubei Province, has played an important role in containing the novel coronavirus epidemic or COVID-19. As of March 18, Huangshi has reported no new confirmed cases for 14 consecutive days and the last confirmed case in Yangxin County was discharged from hospital on Tuesday.
The patient was treated for 43 days in Yangxin County People's Hospital. With repeated nucleic acid tests showing negative for the coronavirus, he has met the National Health Commission's criteria for novel coronavirus infected patients to be discharged from hospital. The medical quarantine put on him has also been discontinued.
Li Xiaomin, Head of the JiangsuMedical Team in Huangshi
The discharge of this patient indicated
that significant progress has been made
in the prevention and control of the epidemic
in Yangxin County
Cai Nuanxin, Deputy County Mayor, Yangxin County
We are very grateful to Jiangsu medical team
for the treatment of patients with COVID-19
in our county during this period
With no new confirmed cases in Daye and Yangxin, two counties under the administration of Huangshi, the medical experts from Jiangsu and Hubei have decided to relocate the 14 mild cases to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for concentrated treatment.
Lu Xiang, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Jiangsu Headquarters for MedicalAssistance in Hubei Province
Our focus is also shifting
with fewer than a hundred medical staff
continuing to treat patients in hospitals
Other doctors and nurseshave been assigned
to several local hospitals to help restore normal medical order
and training on the prevention of nosocomial infection
The short-term support of the Jiangsu medical team to Huangshiwill be upgraded into a long term support. On March 17, Nantong No. 1 People's Hospital and Daye City People's Hospital signed a strategic cooperation agreement to conduct regular multidisciplinary consultations on critically ill cases.
Zhong Chunjun, head, Jiangsu medical team in Huangshi/ CPC secretary of Nantong No. 1 Hospital
We will carry out strategic cooperation in all aspects
such as party building
hospital management
medicine and nursing discipline construction
so as to make joint progress
(Source:ourjiangsu.com)
