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The risk of COVID-19 infection is higher for the elderly, especially those with high blood pressure, diabetes, coronary heart disease, sequelae of cerebral infarction, and malignant tumors. Judging from the current incidence of COVID-19 in various places, the severely ill patients are basically elderly people. According to the relevant person in charge of Hainan Chengmei Hospital, first, the body function of the above elderly groups is poor, the immunity is reduced, and it is easier to cause infection; Second, after infection, due to the existence of basic diseases, it is easy to produce a chain reaction and form severe diseases; Third, ordinary families and even primary medical institutions lack comprehensive nursing capacity for elderly COVID-19 patients, and they are prone to miss the opportunity for treatment.
"Recently, we have received many calls from people, who do not know how to control and treat it after their family member being infected with the new coronavirus. Many people hope that there is a dedicated ward to help the elderly survive the crisis of COVID-19.” "It is to ease the pressure of society and families that the hospital has set aside a ward and deployed a group of experienced doctors and nursing staff who have been engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of elderly diseases for a long time to build multidisciplinary medical services for mild cases of COVID-19," the person in charge said.
Professor Dai Wenxin, geriatric expert in charge of the diagnosis and treatment of elderly patients with the novel coronavirus, said the service includes physical examination and assessment of basic diseases of patients; supervision and intervention of various physical indicators during medical treatment; form individual and standardized comprehensive diagnosis and treatment plan including multi-disciplinary and multi-system diagnosis and treatment measures such as traditional Chinese medicine treatment and comprehensive rehabilitation treatment according to the physical conditions of patients.
Considering the pressure of family companion, they specially set up meals and unaccompanied services for elderly COVID-19 patients, that is, professional caregivers are arranged by the hospital to take charge of elderly patients daily life, and family members do not need to accompany and take care of the patients. In order to ensure the safety of patients, all wards are with single room, patients and medical staff are under semi-closed management, and necessary nucleic acid and antigen tests are carried out daily.
Professor Dai Wenxin introduced that professional and comprehensive diagnosis and treatment services can effectively control or reduce the incidence of severe diseases in elderly patients with new coronavirus and help more elderly patients overcome the infection crisis.
Meanwhile, the hospital will also provide corresponding medical prevention and consultation services for elderly patients with basic diseases who are not infected with the novel coronavirus.
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