Radiating to the needs of children in the Yangtze River Delta region, the Qingpu Clinic of the Children's Hospital opened on its first day of operation: the Department of Pediatric Internal Medicine received more than 100 visits
"I live in Zhujiajiao. I have been suffering from the lack of a hospital close to my home. My child is still young and I am afraid of delaying the condition, but it is too tiring to run to the city all the time." Early in the morning, Mr. Zhou took his feverish daughter to Shanghai. Children's Hospital Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development Demonstration Zone Outpatient Department, "The environment here is good and it is a professional pediatric institution. I feel relieved now."
On December 4, the outpatient clinic was officially put into trial operation and will provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary medical services to children in Qingpu and surrounding areas. It is reported that the outpatient department of Shanghai Children's Hospital in the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development Demonstration Zone relies on the high-quality medical resources of Shanghai Children's Hospital through remote collaboration, standardized outpatient and emergency construction, promotion of appropriate technology, construction of high-risk infant management network, improvement of pediatric clinical capabilities, and expert flexibility. Mobile and other projects have boosted Qingpu District’s pediatric service capabilities and comprehensively improved the region’s technical capabilities in diagnosis and treatment of childhood diseases, children’s health management, and children’s traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment.
According to the person in charge of the medical department, the outpatient department is an independent area, equipped with a children's pre-examination triage system, waiting area, registration and payment window, and clinic facilities including a dedicated pediatric treatment room, infusion room, atomization inhalation room, etc., which can meet the needs of children. . During the trial operation, outpatient clinics for pediatric internal medicine, pediatric health care, dermatology, and traditional Chinese medicine will be launched, and well-known experts from the children's hospital will conduct regular consultations. "On the morning of December 7, experts from the Children's Hospital's pediatrics, child care, respiratory, endocrinology, traditional Chinese medicine, dermatology and other departments will also hold a large-scale free clinic at Zhujiajiao People's Hospital," he revealed.
Recently, it coincided with the peak number of pediatric respiratory infectious diseases. In just the first day of operation, the pediatric internal medicine department of this outpatient department received 113 children and admitted 17 children for rehydration. "In addition, departments such as traditional Chinese medicine, child care, and dermatology also welcome small patients, and the overall operation is smooth and orderly. If the number of medical visits increases significantly in the future, we will also send additional manpower to meet the needs of children."
The person in charge of the hospital said that in the next step, Shanghai Children's Hospital will take the lead and give full play to the advantages of concentrated high-quality resources of municipal pediatric medical institutions to build a children's health alliance in the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Demonstration Zone and form a city-district-community linkage development model. , conduct a series of exchanges and cooperation in professional docking, two-way referral, public health, integration of medicine and education, talent training, scientific research collaboration, etc. to further promote the common development of regional pediatric medical resources and radiate pediatric health in the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Demonstration Zone Overall improvement of service capabilities.
