Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors The love and help of Xi'an under the epidemic

For several consecutive days, the number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in Xi'an has remained high.

The epidemic has suspended most normal life in the city, but it cannot stop the love and help between people.

Elderly people living alone in the city, some neighbors are worried that their lives are unsustainable, some neighbors spontaneously bring them food, some neighbors send messages to them in the owner group to bring vegetables to their homes...

Citizen Mr. Li: It is difficult for young people to grab vegetables The elderly who live alone can do it

Mr. Li, a resident of the family home in the old state-owned factory area, said: "There are many elderly people in the community. On weekdays, the elderly restaurant in the community often has elderly people queuing up to eat. As soon as the epidemic came, everything that should have been stopped was stopped, and the vegetable market was also closed. These two days, every day in a variety of APP seconds or community group buying group solitaire living materials, the brain will flash out these elderly people, no one to take care of, will not use the mobile phone of them, how to solve the problem of three meals? ”

Mr. Li said: "There are still community workers to take care of them on weekdays, but recently various epidemic prevention and control tasks are so heavy, I really don't know if community workers can still take care of them?" Maybe the neighbors can help each other, knock on the door every other day, ask the old man what he needs, help the old man buy something or help the old man move the supplies sent to the gate back? It's also a matter of convenience. ”

Good neighbor Xiao Zhang: "Don't let them feel forgotten in a special period"

In the 3507 community of Yanta District, 28-year-old Xiao Zhang is becoming such a good neighbor.

"My neighbor is an 80-year-old grandmother who usually lives alone, and her son and daughter take turns to take care of her." Xiao Zhang said, "Since the closure management of the community, I have not heard the sound of the old man opening and closing the door for many days, and I thought that I was picked up by my children." ”

It wasn't until the 30th, when the community counted the list of people who distributed vegetables for free, that I didn't know that my grandmother was at home alone. "All she had left in her house was a few steamed buns and the chicken soup from before." Xiao Zhang said, "I don't know when she only ate leftover chicken soup every day, but seeing her like this made me feel very bad, and even a little blamed myself for being incompetent as a neighbor." ”

According to Xiao Zhang, her neighbor's grandmother also suffers from eye diseases and can only rely on her voice to identify people. "The old man also asked me why my children couldn't get through the phone." Xiao Zhang said, "When I said this, I could feel the anxiety of the old man, but I didn't know how to answer her, only to reflect this situation to the community." ”

From the 30th, Xiao Zhang sent a meal of rice to the old man, and at noon on the 31st, he sent a meal of noodles to the old man, and prepared to send porridge in the afternoon.

"On the 31st, the grandmother also brought the free welfare dishes she received from the government to my house, and kept saying what we ate and what she ate, and said, 'These days we are all family.'" Xiao Zhang said, "Hearing the old man's words, my heart was touched and uncomfortable. I think that there should be many such elderly people living alone in Xi'an, if the neighbors around them can help them when they need it, don't let them feel forgotten in this special period. ”

Good neighbor Dr. Zhang: I can go out and give orders to the elderly in the community

Zhang Weina, a pharmacist who lives in the Family Hospital of Northwest University of Political Science and Law, has been participating in the hospital's online consultation during the epidemic, and in the past few days, she has taken a new job for herself to buy vegetables for the elderly living alone in the community.

"There are a lot of elderly people living alone in our community." Zhang Weina said, "I can better understand the difficulties of these elderly people because I am engaged in medical work. These days, all communities in Xi'an are implementing closed management, young people have to buy daily necessities through community group buying, mobile phone APP, I think those who do not know how to use smart phones are estimated to be a bit unable to keep up. ”

On her way to and from work, Zhang Weina happened to have a fresh food shop with a government license that could operate normally, thinking of bringing some to the elderly.

On December 30, 2021, I sent a message in the community owner group: "If there is an elderly person living alone, it will not be difficult to grab vegetables in a group, it is difficult to buy vegetables, and the living materials are not enough, you can contact me, make a list in advance, I am willing to volunteer to help purchase, no contact to send vegetables in the past." During the epidemic, it is not easy for everyone, let us be warm to each other' and leave our own contact information.

"Because of the fear that the elderly cannot see the information, they also deliberately let the community property notify the elderly." Zhang Weina said, "On the morning of the 31st, an old man contacted me to buy some eggs, and I gladly agreed; now my only worry is: getting busy does not necessarily guarantee to go home every day, but as long as I can go home normally, I will meet the needs of the elderly during this special period." ”

In addition, Zhang Weina also opened a "voluntary consultation" in the owner group: I was contacted by the daughter of an old man, hoping to bring some diabetes medicine to her old mother; and two neighbors consulted the child's medication problem, and I was too busy to reply to them at lunch.

Zhang Weina said that as a medical worker, she especially understands that at any time, some people need to stand up and protect everyone. "It's nice to be able to be like that. I hope that everyone can give some care to the elderly living alone around them, and no longer let them be so lonely. ”

【Initiative】

Chinese often say that "distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors", while we praise these good neighbors, we also want to appeal in the special period of the epidemic, you who have the elderly living alone, and the community workers who have the elderly living alone in the jurisdiction, can also give the elderly some help and greetings.

With love and help, perhaps we will not have such a difficult time during this difficult period.

Huashang Daily reporter Fu Qimeng

Source: China Business Network - China Business Daily

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