Hospitals above the secondary level in east China’s Jiangsu province are required to continue implementing appointment-based and real-name registration system for non-emergency medical treatment so as to avoid group gathering and cross infection as the country has reported locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since early January.
Local people can visit hospitals by making appointment through phone calls, Internet and mobile phone app.
Hu Liang, Deputy Chief Physician, Medical Affairs Division, Nanjing Second Hospital
Through our hospital’s app
patients can make appointments for all departments
such as CT, B-ultrasound, and ECG
in order to improve efficiency
and keep a safe distance
In the meantime, elders who are not good at using apps can visit hospitals to appoint at registration booths or volunteers can help make appointments on their mobile phones.
Patients and accompanying persons must provide nucleic acid test reports, and some hospitals also need patients to provide chest CT films.
Zhang Lei, Deputy Director, Outpatient Department, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University
We need patients to take nucleic acid test
seven days in advance
Experts reminded that due to the recent temperature fluctuations, there are high incidence of colds and flus, especially the elderly and children have poor immunity and are susceptible. Common cold, flu, and novel coronavirus all belong to respiratory diseases, but the symptoms are obvious and easy to distinguish. People don't need to be too nervous.
Zhang Qiang, Chief Physician, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University
If the patient only has respiratory symptoms
without fever and other systemic symptoms
it is often a cold
If the patient is accompanied by fever
and high fever
for more than two or three consecutive days
go to the hospital for treatment
