On January 23, Wuhan "locked down", hospitals became high-risk areas, and pharmacies have closed one after another, for patients with chronic diseases at home, it is difficult to buy drugs has become a real problem.
In the streets and alleys of Wuhan, several young people riding electric vehicles appeared in the streets and alleys of Wuhan, rushing to pharmacies, hospitals and communities, volunteering to deliver medicines to those who asked for help.
However, recently someone reported them: hoarding drugs in the name of drug delivery, making a high price difference ... This group of drug delivery people who have been liked by netizens, where should they go?
Volunteer drug delivery team member Courtesy of the interviewee
Locked down the city and closed his home, he decided to go to the street to deliver medicine to others
An electric car, a cardboard box, the box wrote a sentence: "Lao Wu and his friends' free masks, only for the old and young." On January 25, the third day of the lockdown in Wuhan, 25-year-old Wu You took this picture and posted it on the circle of friends and Weibo. A few hours later, there were more than 1,600 messages on Weibo that read "ask for medicine" and "ask for masks".
Wu You posted the photo of the drug delivery on the social platform and the photo provided by the interviewee
The "Old Wu" written on the cardboard box is Wu You, an intern teacher at a middle school in Wuhan, and "his friends" are two "post-00s" students that Wu You has brought before. Since January 25, three people have been riding electric vehicles and bicycles to deliver medicine and supplies to patients and pregnant women in Wuhan.
Delivering medicine to strangers, Wu You did not deliberately plan.
The outbreak of the epidemic suddenly, Wu You's previous hoarding of 300 masks due to rhinitis became a scarce thing on the market for a time, and the day after the "lockdown" of Wuhan, he made a bold decision: he sent the masks. "300 masks left me, can only protect me alone, issued to 300 people, 300 people can reduce the risk of infection."
On January 24, Wu You began to distribute masks to neighbors and strange netizens. However, during this period, more people asked this young man who "loves to do good": Can you help buy some medicine and send it?
Wu You found that because of traffic restrictions and outpatient closures, many elderly people with chronic diseases encountered difficulties in buying medicines. Therefore, Wu You pulled two students to officially start the work of "drug delivery rider", collecting information, looking for drugs, taking photos to confirm prices, and sending medicines to the door...
"Never experienced such a tiring winter vacation." Wu You said that since January 25, except for the day when it snowed in Wuhan, he and his team members have not had a day off, running at least 30 kilometers a day and sending medicines and supplies to more than 600 families.
Caring organization sent supplies to the team The interviewee provided pictures
It is not easy to deliver medicines, and it is even more difficult to find medicines
In the "lockdown" of Wuhan, the news of Wu You's delivery of medicine spread quickly, and his team grew from 3 to 23. At the same time, a number of foundations and charity organizations have also joined in to provide them with financial and logistical support.
"In the past, riders were only responsible for delivering medicines, but now we have added a psychological reassurance session." Yang Yujing, a volunteer in Wu You's team, introduced that because everyone's needs could not be met at the first time, some people who asked for help would be anxious and nervous. To this end, the "Medicine Rider Group" has deliberately added psychological comforters to provide psychological comfort for those who ask for help.
Wu You posted the daily route in the circle of friends Screenshot of the circle of friends
In addition, the team's operating model has gradually refined. "In the past, 5 or 6 households could be sent a day, and now nearly 20 households can be sent a day." Yang Yujing introduced that at present, the team has set up a communication group for the helpers, and there is a special person responsible for registering everyone's needs, the riders are partitioned, and the rear is scientifically deployed, which improves the efficiency.
However, it is not easy to deliver medicines, and it is even more difficult to find them. Wu You's source of medicines, in addition to relying on riders to purchase from pharmacies, mainly comes from donations from other regional charity organizations. However, at present, the source of drugs is still the biggest problem for Wu You, such as oseltamivir, moxifloxacin, Lianhua Qing plague and other cold antibacterial drugs are still in short supply.
The picture shows Wu You himself
"I never made a difference, and even posted tens of thousands of dollars"
Wu You's volunteer drug delivery team received praise on the Internet. But after a month of drying, on February 25, he received a call from the local market supervision department.
"Selling high-priced drugs, making a difference, and not having a doctor's license." Wu You and his delivery team were reported. Immediately afterward, the public security department asked Wu You to explain the situation.
"I was investigated for nearly five hours at the Public Security Bureau, but I was able to prove everything I asked." Wu You said that because he would take pictures to confirm the price information to the other party when buying medicine for the helper, he saved the purchase voucher and invoice, which could explain the origin of each transfer record.
A helper receives medicine from Wu You
"After being questioned, the police told me that my behavior did not conform to the content of the report." Wu You said that he never deliberately hoarded drugs, and only charged medicine fees during the delivery period, and never earned the difference.
Wu You said that when he first started delivering medicines, he was even posting money in, "Because there is no special account, so the helpers pay for drugs through WeChat or Alipay, but some people forget it later." Wu You calculated that the average cost of the previous drug delivery per day was more than 1,000 yuan, and at most it was more than 2500 yuan a day, and the accumulation of tens of thousands of pieces was accumulated before and after. Today, the money has been filled by a number of charity funds.
Helpers post their requests in the communication group
In addition, Wu You introduced that whether it is the donations provided by the foundation or donations from all over the world, the team will publish each "income" in the communication group. "We buy medicines and deliver medicines, distribute supplies, and also take videos or photos and post them in groups for everyone to supervise."
In response to the above statement, the reporter also verified to a caring organization that provided materials for Wu You that the drug delivery team did report and register to the love organization after distributing the materials, and there was no problem during the process.
In response to the online question about the prescription drugs of Wu You's team, Wu You explained: "Generally speaking, we have to see the prescription photos given by the person asking for help, and then we will help him buy according to the dose given by the doctor. ”
As the news of Wu You's voluntary delivery of medicine spread on the Internet, he also received donations from strange netizens.
"Now the amount of donations has reached tens of thousands of yuan, and this money is mainly used to buy medicines for helpers." Wu You said that the follow-up will be based on the transfer record of the expenditure of this donation will be listed in detail, if there is excess charity will be all returned to the society.
Netizens draw cartoons to support Wu You, and the interviewee provides pictures
Despite receiving anonymous reports, Mr. Wu said it was not a blow. After the reporting incident, many netizens sent private messages to encourage Wu You, including even his favorite stars.
"I will continue to volunteer to deliver medicines to those who are in difficult situations until one day the epidemic is over and they no longer need me." Wu You said that he insisted on doing this, just to pass on some hope in the city and give everyone some confidence.
(Source: China News Network WeChat public account)