How can this public toilet in Jing'an become a model room for the elderly and children?, Suggestions within a month | renovation | Jing'an
Recently, the renovation of a public toilet has brought a lot of comfort to Aunt Guo, a resident of Jing'an District. Living near Zhongxing Park, Auntie is accustomed to taking a walk in the park every evening. However, due to her stiff legs and difficulty squatting down, she cannot use the public restroom. Whenever it is time to use the restroom, she has to hurry back home. In May this year, this toilet quietly completed its renovation, and many warm details allowed Aunt Guo to finally relax in the park.
How does change occur? In 2023, in the context of strengthening the work of aging in the new era and building urban child friendly spaces, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Government listed "completing the renovation of 200 environmental sanitation public toilets to adapt to aging and children" as a "practical project for the people" for this year. To actively respond to this work, from March to April this year, the Jing'an District People's Proposal Collection Office, in conjunction with the District Greening and Urban Appearance Management Bureau, jointly launched a special proposal collection activity, widely listening to the voices and drawing on the wisdom of the people in the pilot work of public toilet renovation.
According to the staff of the People's Consultation Office in Jing'an District, a total of 31 relevant suggestions were received during the event, with 40 specific contents sorted out. "It involves improving safety prevention measures, optimizing public toilet services, and other aspects. In the selection of pilot public toilets, we also listened to the suggestions of the citizens." In less than a month, the most popular public toilet in Zhongxing Park was renovated, becoming the first "model public toilet" suitable for the elderly and children in the district.
"Renovation can be seen in details." In the view of the relevant person in charge of the Greening and Urban Appearance Management Bureau in Jing'an District, details can be seen everywhere in the new public restroom, fully realizing the every bit of the needs of the citizens. During the on-site visit, the reporter noticed that public toilets have made significant improvements in safety precautions: clean white anti slip handrails extend from the entrance to the toilet seats, covering areas such as basins and toilets, while elderly toilet seats are placed closest to the guardrails; The red emergency call button is particularly prominent and can be seen in multiple corners of the toilet. Once the "SOS" button is pressed, the management room will ring a bell. In addition, during the renovation process, the threshold and external ground were deliberately polished flat, and the convex corners of the basin were also covered with silicone anti-collision stickers.
The white anti slip handrail extends all the way to the toilet seat.
Press the emergency call button to connect with the management office.
The convex corners of the basin are wrapped in silicone.
It is worth noting that based on the basic functions of toilets, the renovated public toilets have taken a big step forward in terms of service. On the one hand, in order to cater to the daily flow characteristics within Zhongxing Park, the public restroom has carefully created places such as the "third bathroom", "parent-child bathroom", and "mother and baby room". Among them, the parent-child bathroom is specially equipped with facilities such as child specific toilets and safety seats. In addition to the regular diaper changing table, the mother and baby room is also carefully equipped with a warm milk dispenser and an odor resistant garbage bin. On the other hand, this public toilet also has many highlights in terms of convenience for the elderly. "In winter, hot water is fully covered, toilet paper enters the toilet, and we have actively placed wheelchairs, walking aids, and elderly walking sticks in the management office as a 'three piece set' for citizens in need to borrow."
In the parent-child bathroom, children's toilets, safety seats, and other facilities are readily available.
A corner of the mother and baby room.
"This is just the first elderly and child friendly toilet in the district. Next, we will select multiple public toilet locations based on the suggestions put forward by the citizens and complete the renovation within this year." The relevant person in charge of the District Greening and Urban Appearance Management Bureau said, "In fact, during the public solicitation, many citizens have also mentioned adding waiting seats, setting up male and female toilet seats according to the gender ratio, and opening public toilets 24 hours a day. These are all directions that we need to think about and improve in our future work, striving to provide citizens with a cleaner, safer, more convenient, and thoughtful toilet environment. Next, the Jing'an District People's Suggestion Collection Office will continue to listen to public opinion and promote public toilets." The renovation of toilets has truly reached the hearts of the people.
