Hospitals at all levels are overcrowded after China eased the prevention and control of COVID-19. The picture shows the scene of a hospital in Shanghai.

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[Central News Agency] After China relaxed the COVID-19 prevention and control measures, hospitals at all levels were overcrowded. Zhang Wenhong, an epidemic prevention expert, said that the key is that the treatment plan is not optimal, and widespread infections are occurring.

Hong Kong Phoenix.com reported on the 5th that Zhang Wenhong, director of the China National Center for Infectious Diseases and director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, recently analyzed why hospitals at all levels in China are currently experiencing serious medical runs when training community doctors in Minhang District.

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He said that a large number of patients flocked to secondary and tertiary hospitals, and the hospital beds were saturated. This was because the previous treatment plan was not optimal, and most of the treatment in community hospitals was ineffective. Many patients did not improve after taking medication and went to large hospitals. .

Zhang Wenhong said that the treatment effect in large hospitals is not good. Many patients have a very low remission rate after hospitalization, and their condition even worsens, eventually leading to death.

Inpatients are unable to recover for a long time, which naturally leads to an inability to increase the turnover rate of wards.

He also said: "Why am I in a hurry? I feel that everyone is not using the correct treatment plan. The patients who deserve to live have not survived. The number of deaths in various places has increased in the past two days... It will be too late in another week. because widespread infection is happening now."

Zhang Wenhong said that at present, community hospitals generally prescribe four kinds of medicines for patients infected with the epidemic, namely antipyretics, antibiotics, cough medicines and traditional Chinese medicines. This is to consume the most precious 72 hours after illness of patients, because these medicines do not focus on viruses.

He said: "For a viral disease, there was no bacterial infection in the early stage of treatment, but we all adopted antibacterial treatment as the main plan. Do you want his disease to miraculously improve and let the virus turn into bacteria? Remember that for viral infections , the doctor gave antibiotics and drips (infusion) when the patient came, which is an ineffective treatment!"

Zhang Wenhong said that many elderly people did not relieve their symptoms after taking medicine. Own fate.

He said that for high-risk patients such as the elderly, the most important thing is to use antiviral drugs, such as Paxlovid, etc. within 72 hours of onset, followed by hormones. Hormones, most patients are relieved within 72 hours.

As the wards of high-level hospitals in Shanghai are currently saturated, Zhang Wenhong suggested that the functions of community hospitals should be strengthened. The key is to stabilize patients within 72 hours, not to miss the golden 72 hours, and not to let patients flock to large hospitals, causing medical runs.