Peninsula all-media reporter Qi Juan
10,000 kilometers away, in the sweltering Seychelles of Africa, Xu Fengqiang, attending physician from the Cardiology Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, and Wang Kai, attending physician of trauma surgery, have been here for more than 10 months. On March 29, 2021, they left their parents, wives and children to go to Africa to support them. Now approaching the Spring Festival, they have spent nearly a year to bring Chinese medical skills to backward Africa, and between the "saving lives and helping the injured" between the stars and the moon, they have also developed "China-Africa friendship", demonstrating the strong strength of China. Peninsula reporters connected two doctors who had traveled to Africa to listen to their "life in aiding Africa."
Wang Kai (first from left) during surgery
Medical conditions are lagging behind
They use medicine and persistence to hold up "a piece of the sky"
About a year ago, Xu Fengqiang and Wang Kai, the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles, the smallest country in Africa, went to Victoria Hospital, a large general hospital, to perform medical assistance work. The local hospital is in poor condition, and its equipment, hygiene and medical skills are relatively backward. Here, most of the doctors come from all over the world, and the task of "saving lives and helping the injured" still relies on the power of assistance.
Xu Fengqiang is the leader of this medical team, and as a cardiologist, he mainly treats some patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease and even heart failure. Xu Fengqiang usually loves to exercise, even in Africa, he has developed the habit of getting up early every day to run, so his skin is getting darker and shinier. It is also this kind of personality, no matter how many difficulties he encounters in his work, he has a way to overcome them. He shared his treatment cases in the circle of friends, and after curing each patient, he had a full sense of accomplishment.
Xu Fengqiang and African patients
Xu Fengqiang told reporters that he had received a 30-year-old lifeguard, and his heart beat more than 150 times a minute, and he developed heart failure after a week in a row. "If in China, we can do a radiofrequency ablation for him, it is very simple to treat, but unfortunately the local hospital does not have the relevant equipment." Later, after careful medication, the lifeguard made a smooth recovery. Xu Fengqiang said that at that time, the young man was very moved, and gave Xu Fengqiang the honorary hat of his lifeguard, which was not the equipment of the Seychelles lifeguard, but the honorary equipment of the entire African lifeguard. "Occasionally on the road, he would point to me and tell my friends around me, 'He saved my young life, Chinese doctor. Xu Fengqiang introduced.
Xu Fengqiang's son has just entered junior high school, and his wife Gao Yumei is also an important backbone of state-owned enterprises. "When I first heard the news, I was a little surprised, but in the end I chose to support the state's arrangement, and I tried to keep everything in the family in order and not let him worry." Wife Gao Yumei said. For his wife and son, he has a deep thought. He hopes to keep up with his son's teaching and counseling, and he also hopes to share the responsibility of caring for the elderly for his wife. "Every day, I take time to talk to my family video about my children's learning and talk about my recent situation. They are also very supportive of me, although I miss it, but I stay down-to-earth and have no worries. Xu Fengqiang said.
The mother could not be cared for during surgery
He turned his thoughts into the strength of struggle
Wang Kai, from the Trauma Surgery Department, was an orthopedic surgeon with a "well-known reputation" when he was in the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University. As a "Qingdao brother", the reporter's impression of Wang Kai is always enthusiastic, cheerful, talkative, humorous and knowledgeable, exuding his own unique charm. Wang Kai's father, Wang Wei, was rehired as chief engineer many years ago when the Mainland Supreme Court was assisting Non-Residents and lived in Seychelles for a while, and he expressed great support for his son's behavior.
On weekdays, Wang Kai works in the orthopedic department of the hospital, although the specialty is mainly trauma, but it also covers joints, spine, hand surgery, pediatric orthopedics, bone tumors and limb infections. During the day, he needs to check the ward, the duty, the orthopedic clinic, the trauma clinic, and the island tour. Wang Kai often encounters some critically ill patients, including patients with high-energy injuries in serious car accidents or fall injuries from heights.
Rounds, surgery, Wang Kai's daily work
Wang Kai with international doctors
As a transit island country, Seychelles needs to receive patients on international cargo ships passing through the Seychelles route, and it is common in the department to crush patients with multiple injuries caused by heavy objects, such patients often arrive in port after being injured and drifting with the ship for several days, often in shock when they arrive. In addition, the national limb infection rate in Seychelles is very high, but patients often do not pay attention to it, sometimes until infectious shock or organ dysfunction to come to the doctor, these patients are basically delivered to the hospital is critical, Wang Kai also needs to keep on standby at any time.
In this case, Wang Kai often rotates continuously, non-stop for 24 hours. The weather was sweltering, so he often took a cold shower, washed off the sweat and then dried. Seychelles has been very hot for many years, one night, the weather is extremely hot, Wang Kai returned to the residence after two surgeries it was two o'clock in the morning. He had just laid down to rest when he received an urgent call from the hospital. At this time, Wang Kai could not care about the fatigue of his body, and hurried to the hospital and entered the operating room. At the end of the day, Wang Kai already had signs of "heat stroke", but he still relied on his medical skills and perseverance to pass on the spirit of the Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital and successfully sent many traumatic numbers out of the hospital.
In July last year, Wang Kai's mother was hospitalized with a rotator cuff injury, which worried Wang Kai. "In fact, when I set off, my mother's shoulder was already different, but she did not say anything in order to make me feel at ease. In order not to worry Wang Kai, after the colleagues of the Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital knew about it, they not only operated on Wang Kai's mother, but also visited wang Kai in their leisure time, and the leader also sent condolences, which made Wang Kai very moved. He excitedly expressed his gratitude in the circle of friends, and it was the support of the department and the hospital that Wang Kai did not have the slightest worries and worked harder in Africa.
Wang Kai has a daughter who goes to junior high school, is well-behaved and sensible, and often shares her daily life with her father. From Wang Kai's circle of friends, we can see his strong longing for his daughter. "It's almost the Spring Festival, and this year I am not around my family, I plan to send a big red envelope to my daughter to encourage, and I will also tell her about my experience in Africa, which is also a precious wealth in her life." Wang Kai said.
During the Spring Festival, we will try Chinese dumplings with patients
Wang Kai in Africa
"The Spring Festival is our biggest festival, the epidemic can not return to China, everyone is homesick." The medical team is ready to get together to wrap dumplings, eat a Chinese New Year's Eve meal, and make the small team happy here, and let African patients taste the taste of Chinese dumplings. Wang Kai said happily. On New Year's Day, Wang Kai and his teammates wrapped dumplings to celebrate the New Year's Eve, "Being able to taste delicious dumplings in a foreign country really has an indescribable feeling, this is the most memorable dinner since the aid of Africa." Wang Kai said.
With the help of the weak TV signal in Africa, Wang Kaihe and the team members can also search for the Central Fourth Radio, although the picture is not so clear, but they can see the Spring Festival Gala, they are already very satisfied. Wang Kai has also been to Russia to support before, his career is relatively rich, and for himself, he is ready to go to distant places to rescue, showing China's strength and image to the outside world at all times.
Xu Fengqiang also told reporters that he is not representing individuals outside, but representing the country, and the Spring Festival is approaching, and he also wishes the motherland more and more beautiful, and the development of the hospital is getting better and better.
It is reported that the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University has actively responded to the call of the state, and since 1957, it has organized and dispatched many batches of people to Mongolia, Tanzania, Seychelles and other countries to carry out foreign aid medical work, and has successfully completed various foreign aid tasks. The hospital has won the title of "Advanced Collective of Overseas Medical Team of Shandong Province", and many foreign aid comrades have won the title of "Advanced Individual of Foreign Aid Medical Treatment".