"I am standing on the epidemic line, Hainan, cheer up!” At 8:30 that night, the cheering sound of the medical team echoed through the outpatient hall of the Provincial Cancer Hospital. 60 cadres from the frontline of clinical medicine and nursing were refreshed and ready to go.
At the departure ceremony, Shi Yaohui, Secretary of the Party Committee and Executive President of Hainan Cancer Hospital, delivered the flag to the medical team. He said that the medical team took the order at the moment of crisis, and the whole hospital actively signed up and took the initiative to participate in the war, once again showing the brave responsibility of the doctors kindness and retrograding with the armour. He repeatedly asked the team members to obey the unified arrangement, maintain personal protection, and fully show the good image and professionalism of the hospital. He also said that the hospital will give full support to the medical team members and escort them throughout the process to ensure that all the team members start with responsibility and return home safely.
A temporary Party branch was established to support the Ledong anti-epidemic medical team, and Lai Min, Head Nurse of the Oncology Department (1) of Hainan Cancer Hospital, served as the temporary secretary of the Party branch. She said that she will play the role of the Party branch as fighting fortress, unite and lead all members of the medical team to successfully complete the task.
At 21:00 on August 17, the hospital work group issued a notice that "according to the deployment of the provincial epidemic prevention and control headquarters, medical staff of our hospital will be deployed to support the city and county epidemic prevention and control work". The epidemic is an order, after the notice was issued, medical workers responded to the call actively, and nearly 200 people took the initiative to sign up in just a few minutes. After strict selection, 60 department cadres, including 20 doctors and 40 nurses, were deployed to form two anti-epidemic medical teams to support the Ledong Li Autonomous County Peoples Hospital and the Second Peoples Hospital of Ledong Li Autonomous County.
Zhou Huailong, leader of the medical team supporting the Second Peoples Hospital of the county, is a young but experienced surgeon. He said: "The current epidemic in Hainan has caught the heart of everyone in Hainan, as a new Hainan citizen, and also a medical worker, I hope to use my professional skill to make my own contribute to protecting Hainan; As the team leader, I will do my best to lead and manage the team, so that everyone can go safely and return safely.”
Zhang Xiaona, gynecological nurse of Hainan Cancer Hospital, is from Huangliu, Ledong, speaking of the support, she was holding a firm faith: "As a medical staff, as long as the hometown needs, I am duty-bound.” As soon as receiving the support mission, she packed her departure luggage and put it in the trunk, ready to go at any time.
Ma Shiyu, Ma Shiqi are twin brothers, and also frontline nurses, the two people have fought on the "epidemic" frontline for many times. Not long ago, the two brothers simultaneously wrote applications to join the Party. Being admitted as a member of the medical team, they said, “Although we are not formal Party members, we must submit a qualified "application" to the Party with practical action.
Before departure, the leaders of the hospital board and the hospital carefully prepared "love bags" including anti-infection soup, disinfection wipes, personal protective equipment and daily necessities for the medical team members.
As reported, the two medical teams have successfully arrived in Ledong in the early morning of the 24th, and after a simple rest, they rushed to the forefront of the epidemic battle.
Since the outbreak of the new epidemic, while sparing no efforts in medical treatment, Hainan Cancer Hospital and Hainan Chengmei Hospital have actively supported provincial and municipal epidemic prevention and control work by sending a total of more than 2,000 medical workers to participate in nucleic acid sampling and epidemic prevention and treatment of all staff in Haikou City, and sending nucleic acid detection medical teams to support Sanya to still stick to the front line of the battle against the epidemic.
Hospital leaders Liu Yuehong, Wang Zhiying, Yang Shufen, Gao Jihe and Li Dayong attended the ceremony and saw off the medical team.
The scene of the departure ceremony
Text from Huang Fei