The medical teams from east China’s Jiangsu province have been committed to their duty during their aid in Huangshi city, central China’s Hubei province, to help contain the novel coronavirus epidemic or COVID-19.
On the evening of April 12, two members of a patient’s family visited the place where the Jiangsu medical team lived during their pairing-up assistance in Wuhan.
They were there to send a thank-you letter to the doctors and nurses before they set foot on the journey home.
On April 3, the doctors from Jiangsu performed an esophageal stenting operation for a COVID-19 patient in Wuhan, which was the first of its kind in the city. The patient is now in stable condition.
Family member of the patient in WuhanThe operation was successful. which gave the patient hope and also boosted our confident in the future treatment.Their confidence comes from the superb medical skills and great love of the Jiangsu experts.
Jiangsu sent 2813 doctors and nurses in 13 medical teams to Hubei to help contain the epidemic, which is the largest of its kind in the country’s dispatch of medical contingent to Hubei.
During their pairing-up support in Hubei, they worked at ten hospitals in Wuhan and eight hospitals in Huangshi where they treated 5500 COVID-19 patients, including 1400 critically ill patients. During the 80-day period in Hubei, they cured 3400 COVID-19 patients in total.
The doctors from Jiangsu specialize in respiratory disease, infectious disease and critical care medicine.
As a leading expert in intensive care medicine, Qiu Haibo enters and exits the "red zone" of major hospitals for the treatment of critical patients in Wuhan every day.
Qiu Haibo, critical care specialist with Southeast University Zhongda Hospital
ICU doctors are born for critically ill patients.I have so many patients here in Wuhan and this is where I should be staying.
Lu Xiang, commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu medical team in Huangshi, took charge of the prevention and control programs to be applied and made elaboration on the plans.
Lu Xiang, deputy commander-in-chief，Jiangsu Headquarters for Pairing-up Medical Assistance in Hubei
We spared no efforts and never gave up in the hope of rescuing as many patients as possible.During their stay in Hubei for the anti-epidemic campaign, the doctors from Jiangsu gave full play to their expertise in respiratory, infectious and critical care medicine.
They set a record in Wuhan No.1 Hospital by admitting more than 40 COVID-19 patients in one hour.
They took over the Wuhan Tongji Hospital Sino-French New City Branch where they cured 77 critically ill patients and patients in severe conditions with no more infections and no death.
On March 23 when the epidemic was brought under control, more than 300 doctors and nurses from Jiangsu took over two ICU wards at Jinyintan Hospital where they were responsible for the treatment of 80% of the patients with life-threatening conditions.
Qi Xu, a doctor sent to aid Hubei
We remained steadfast at the post to respond to the trust in us from the National Health Commission.The doctors and nurses from Jiangsu were also in charge of the construction and management of three mobile cabin hospitals in Wuhan.
They demonstrated their expertise through scientific management and were hailed as role models with no death, no infection of doctors and nurses and no recurrence of the cured patients.
They also held seminars and trainings and gave lectures to help Huangshi improve their professionalism in hospital management.
The medical teams from Jiangsu were also hailed for their successful use of traditional Chinese medicine that prevented light cases developing into severe cases and even life-threatening conditions. For COVID-19 patients, integrated Chinese and western medicine treatment has the effect of 1 + 1 is greater than 2.
Zhu Jia, deputy president of the Jiangsu Provincial TCM Hospital
The TCM medical teams sent by Jiangsu to Hubei have adopted TCM drug therapy and rehabilitation methods. For example, for patients in the recovery and rehabilitation period Ba Duan Jin or eight-section brocade and Qigong therapies of the traditional Chinese medicine have played a very effective role.
During their pairing-up support in Hubei, the doctors and nurses from Jiangsu worked at ten hospitals in Wuhan and eight hospitals in Huangshi where they treated 4651 COVID-19 patients, including 1247 critically ill patients. During the 80-day period in Hubei, they cured 2522 COVID-19 patients in total. During their 47-day in Huangshi, they cured 94.9% of all the patients admitted.
What patients in Hubei felt is not only the speed and strength of the Jiangsu medical team, but also the warmth of the doctors and nurses from Jiangsu.
Jia Ling, a doctor sent to aid Hubei .They actually gave their lives to us When the patient held my hand I think were two are connected.
Zeng Yuanying, head of medical team 1 from Suzhou ,This patient was so excited as to say that we had given her a special birthday in his life.
Li Rongxiang, a patient in Wuhan We will always remember the dayswhen the doctors and nurses from Jiangsu treated us as if we were from the same family a resident of Huangshi city
Our thanks go to the doctors and nurses from Jiangsu who saved our lives.We are very grateful to them from the bottom of our heart.
Ji Jie, a head nurse sent to aid Hubei .The people of Wuhan and the people of Jiangsu live along the Yangtze River to feel as if we were from the same family.
Our thanks go to the people of Wuhan your trust in us.
The return of the doctors and nurses from Hubei signified that the medical team Jiangsu sent to aid central China’s Hubei province in the fight against COVID-19 has accomplished its mission.
Lou Qinjian, Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee
Welcome home, our heroes .It’s great that you have returned in triumph and we are so proud of you.
