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Chia Nan Nursing Home appeals to mental patients to take their medication on time during the Lunar New Year holidays.
(Provided by Jianan Nursing Home)
[Reporter Wu Junfeng/Tainan Report] The Lunar New Year holiday lasts up to 10 days, and the probability of traveling together is high. Eating, drinking, playing, and having fun together, the pace of life changes, often causing mental patients to fail to take medicine on time, or even interrupt taking medicine, which may cause symptoms Relapse, according to the past experience of the Jianan Nursing Home of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of outpatient and emergency visits will surge by nearly 30% on working days after the Spring Festival. Family members are urged to pay more attention.
Zhang Gengjia, director of the general psychiatry department of the hospital, said that during the Lunar New Year holidays, the "irregular medication" often occurs. In addition to "stopping medication", there are also "didn't take it yesterday", and even "make up for it today", resulting in overdose. Not conducive to stable condition.
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Zhang Gengjia pointed out that the reasons for not taking medicine are all-encompassing. The common ones are forgetting to catch up with the New Year’s goods, making appointments for outings, as well as cases of day care or hospitalization. Due to the long Spring Festival holiday, the original pace of life is disrupted. It is recommended that family members can From the side more care, exhort, to avoid recurrence.
Zhang Gengjia also said that the annual leave this time is up to 10 days. Compared with ordinary people, some mental patients have a slightly worse "self-discipline" status. To improve the impact of irregular medication, long-acting injections can be administered.
And this year, in accordance with the policy of the National Health Insurance Department, Jiayue can return to the clinic on the 10th of this month in advance for chronic patients who were originally scheduled to return for the Spring Festival holidays, as well as those whose continuous prescriptions have expired (used up) during this period, and the doctor can prescribe the medicine. , or pre-order medicines for the next month in advance.
Wu Wenzheng, director of Jianan Sanatorium, mentioned that during the Spring Festival holiday, on the 20th, 21st, and 23rd to 28th of this month, psychiatric clinics will be opened from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon every day, and slow notes will be provided. Medication service.
Chia Nan Nursing Home appeals to mental patients to take their medication on time during the Lunar New Year holidays.
(Provided by Jianan Nursing Home)
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