Zeng Chongfang, a pediatrician, said that the number of patients seeking medical treatment for respiratory symptoms has increased recently.

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[Reporters Cai Shuyuan, Lin Huiqin, Wu Liangyi/Comprehensive report] The prevention measures against the Wuhan pneumonia have been gradually lifted, and the medical community has found that the "immunization debt" of the past two years of epidemic prevention has been counterattacked. The emergency department of some large hospitals in the northern and central regions has seen crowds, and the number of cases is even higher than before the epidemic. Increase.

Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said frankly that with the coexistence of the virus and life gradually returning to normal, the emergency clinic will slowly return to the pre-epidemic state, not only the Wuhan pneumonia, but also other diseases.

However, the medical capacity should be sufficient, and assistance will be provided when necessary.

Wang Bisheng: The amount of medical treatment can be sufficient to assist when necessary

Xie Zongxue, director of the Children's Emergency Department of the Hospital Affiliated to Sun Yat-Sen Medical University, explained that in the past two years, there have been high-level anti-epidemic measures.

The emergency department for children is currently overcrowded, and "debt repayment" has begun. The number of patients has increased by 30% to 50% compared with the same period before the epidemic. It is estimated that half a year will be a transition period for debt repayment.

About one-quarter of children's emergency department visits are for Wuhan pneumonia, and the rest are other infectious and non-infectious symptoms, especially mycoplasma infection causing severe cough, accompanied by an increase in bronchiolar inflammation or asthma attacks, or respiratory syncytial virus infections, and viral gastroenteritis.

Due to the increase in viral infections, complications such as pneumonia, sepsis, and encephalitis have increased simultaneously. The general pediatric ward and the special ward for Wuhan pneumonia are almost full of beds. The bed occupancy rate of the children's intensive care unit remains high, and many children can only wait for beds in the emergency room. .

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Mycoplasma infection, gastroenteritis cases increased

Chen Weigong, director of the Emergency Department of the Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University, also said that the number of emergency rooms for adults and children has increased by more than 20%, and emergency rooms have become crowded. Five of them have symptoms of pneumonia and related respiratory symptoms. This is already the case in children's emergency department in autumn, and the situation in winter must be more dangerous.

Zhang Zhihua, director of the Department of Emergency Medicine of Shin Kong Hospital, observed that a large number of emergency patients have returned recently. In addition to the infected patients, some of them have respiratory symptoms but the rapid screening was negative. Further testing found that it was influenza, and most of them were young children.

Zhang Xi, director of the Pediatrics Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Peking University, also found that many children have recently visited the doctor, most of whom are from the age group of two to the first grade of primary school.

In addition, when the weather changes, many children develop gastroenteritis and diarrhea, and there are gradually a few cases of influenza, even adults. It is predicted that there may be a flu pandemic from October to December.

An emergency physician from a hospital in Taipei City analyzed that there are three main reasons for the emergency congestion. Many people tested positive for the new crown due to treatment of other diseases, resulting in an increase in the number of special wards and more difficult beds. The Ct value of PCR detection is greater than 40, but the ultra-low viral load still needs to be confirmed, which indirectly causes waste of medical resources.

He suggested that the PCR test should be withdrawn, the lung cancer should be downgraded, and the severe cases should be reported again, and resources should be reserved for patients who really need it.