They hadn't been home for nearly a year, so they put down their luggage and went to the "front line" again.

Tianjin, January 15 (Xinhua) -- "As a white-clad soldier sent from Tianjin, our medical team for Tibet aid has just returned to Tianjin for a vacation, and when they see the epidemic in Tianjin, they are anxious and eager to join the anti-epidemic team with our professional knowledge and contribute to the fight against the epidemic and medical treatment in their hometown... Please approve the leadership! Tianjin must win! On January 12, 21 names were signed on this "Letter of Request.".

In the early morning of January 13, in The Hedong District of Tianjin City, members of the Tibet Aid Medical Team entered the home to do nucleic acid testing for residents. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

Four days before the "please fight", on January 8, Song Zhenqiang, director of the Medical Administration Department of Tianjin Medical University, had just arrived in Tianjin for leave. When the reporter met him, he was busy at the nucleic acid testing point in tuanjiebeili community in Hedong District, Tianjin.

Press the pump head to squeeze out the disinfectant, disinfect the whole hand, take the cotton swab handed by the staff on the side, and collect the throat swab sample... He did this hundreds of times a day.

A week ago, Omi kerong raided Tianjin. Tianjin acted quickly, and since January 9, it has carried out several rounds of nucleic acid screening for all employees in the city.

Watching medical staff fighting on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, Song Zhenqiang was very anxious: "For doctors, the front line of the fight against the epidemic is our battlefield, and we have an unshirkable responsibility. As one of the ninth batch of doctors sent from Tianjin to aid Tibet, he has not returned home for nearly a year. Like him, there were 20 other doctors who returned to Tianjin to rest in the ninth group of Tibetan doctors.

From the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau back to the shores of the Bohai Sea, every team member is in a state of drunken oxygen, blood pressure changes, skin allergies, etc. - drowsiness, fatigue, tachycardia... Although there are all kinds of physical discomfort, the group chat is full of information about the battle.

"Are there any opportunities for us to participate in epidemic prevention work?" "It's our responsibility, and we're definitely going to be part of it!" Everyone in the group hit it off: don't wait anymore, act now!

On the morning of the 12th, a letter of invitation signed by 21 doctors aiding Tibet was sent to the Tianjin Municipal Leading Group for Cooperation and Support Cooperation between East and West. At 6 p.m., after receiving dispatch instructions, the medical team arrived at multiple nucleic acid sampling points in Hedong District in less than an hour.

Ma Ying is a nurse leader at Tianjin Eye Hospital, and in the second nucleic acid test screening of all staff, she was responsible for the nucleic acid testing work at a point in Dawangzhuang Street, Hedong District.

"What impressed me the most was that a grandfather brought us hot water bottles and cushions, and he stayed with us for a long time at the point." She said the weather was cold, her hands were almost frozen, and residents brought hot water bottles from their homes, which warmed her heart.

"I am a member of the Communist Party, and I have an unshirkable responsibility and mission when the people need it, which is also an important reason for driving myself to actively participate." On the 15th, Tianjin launched the third round of nucleic acid testing and screening for all employees, and Ma Ying once again insisted on staying at the testing site.

Like Ma Ying, Hou Wenguang, a doctor at Tianjin People's Hospital, also ended his vacation ahead of schedule and quickly threw himself into epidemic prevention and control. "When I was in Tibet, I was in charge of nucleic acid testing and testing at my hospital, which I was already very familiar with."

There are many old communities in the Deyuanli community where Hou Wenguang went, and hundreds of people cannot go to the nucleic acid testing point on their own for some special reasons and need to go to the door for testing. "It's also far from the neighborhood, we need to wear protective clothing and walk for about 20 minutes, and most of the buildings don't have elevators, so you need to walk up and down the stairs."

"It was almost 12 o'clock when we went to the home of an elderly family, but the old man had not rested and was still waiting for the inspectors to come to the door. The family also brought us some warm items, and these actions of the residents made me feel very warm. Hou Wenguang said.

Although he was very familiar with nucleic acid testing when he was in Tibet, Hou Wenguang felt that the epidemic prevention and control still had new feelings: "The Omiljung virus is highly contagious and spreads quickly, and the streets, community workers, volunteers and enthusiastic residents, everyone is working tirelessly, and it feels like everyone is twisted into a rope, and the energy is all together." ”

Since the evening of the 12th, 21 medical team members have participated in the second and third rounds of large-scale nucleic acid screening in Tianjin at the nucleic acid sampling points assigned to the 8 communities. During this period, the medical team members faced the severe cold and fought hard overnight, collecting more than 6,000 nucleic acid test samples, collecting and transporting sampling tubes, and assisting in registering more than 4,000 person-times.

"As long as there is a need, we will continue to stick to the front line of epidemic prevention!" Song Zhenqiang said.