Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University: Special diagnosis and treatment, giving more care to women

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Xiamen University launched a warm initiative, and parents and babies painted the "Tree of Life" together with palm prints. (File photo)

On January 28, several young women lined up at the Tong Milk Clinic of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Xiamen University, many of them holding swaddled babies in their arms.

"It's really nice to have a dedicated breast clinic here!" 27-year-old Bao Mama Xiao Wu is still in the month, she appeared to be swollen milk and discomfort 3 days after giving birth, saw the small advertisement invited the lactator to help at home, but did not get improvement, a few days ago due to inflammation caused by fever, to the breast surgery for consultation, the doctor recommended a breast clinic for her.

With the help of Fang Meijiao, the nurse in charge of the Department of Breast Medicine, after passing through the milk and massage, Xiao Wu's feelings improved a lot. At the scene, Fang Meijiao also corrected her feeding posture and taught some feeding tips in response to the problems she encountered in feeding.

According to reports, the breast surgery department of the hospital is the earliest breast specialty opened in Xiamen, and since August last year, the hospital has specially opened a breast clinic.

"We will evaluate the breastfeeding history of different mothers, carry out targeted breastfeeding guidance, and if necessary, carry out breast dredging and other treatments to help lactating mothers solve problems such as acute mastitis, milk stasis, insufficient or excessive milk, working mothers' back milk, and scientific weaning during the breastfeeding process." Fang Meijiao said.

Opening a breast clinic to turn the unspeakable pain of Bao Bao's mother into an unspeakable pain - this is one of the special diagnosis and treatment services launched by the Xiamen Municipal Health Commission to guide the Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Xiamen University to innovate and explore the clinical needs of women's breast, anorectal and other diseases with the opportunity of the practical activity of "I do practical things for the masses".

At The Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Xiamen University, the women's colonoscopy session every Monday morning is welcomed by many women. Since the beginning of March last year, the hospital's female colonoscopy session has served about 2,000 patients. The hospital has set up a special "fairy mirror" clinic for female friends, the examining doctors, anesthesiologists and nurses participating in the special endoscopy diagnosis and treatment are all women, and the medical staff of the endoscopy center also carefully prepare holiday greeting cards with the theme of "'stomach' health, 'intestinal' happiness" for patients on Women's Day and other women's special festivals, relying on the characteristic pink position to carry out health science education for early diagnosis and early treatment of digestive tract diseases.

"These new diagnosis and treatment models with more humanistic temperature for female populations can not only ensure full communication between doctors and patients, but also better protect women's privacy problems, alleviate the embarrassment of female patients seeking medical treatment, and make the medical treatment process more relaxed and smooth." The relevant person in charge of the Xiamen Municipal Health Commission said.

In the hospital's delivery room, the birth of every newborn is accompanied by the story of a new "tree of life". The hospital has a unique idea to hold a warm, simple, but memorable "Tree of Life" delivery ceremony for newborn families – the newborn's soles and parents' palms are printed on the pre-painted trunk as a gift to the newborn mother's family. This initiative has been widely praised.