On October 20, in the Geriatric Department of the First People's Hospital of Loudi City, the reporter met Yang Qinglian, the director of the department, who had just returned from participating in the free clinic in Maotang Community, Lianbin Street, Louxing District.
(Over the years, Yang Qinglian has regularly gone to the countryside and communities to provide free clinics for the elderly, popularize health knowledge, and spread health concepts)
"We regularly carry out activities such as free clinics and health knowledge lectures to measure blood sugar and blood pressure for the people, popularize health knowledge for the people, and do our best to provide them with high-quality medical services." Yang Qinglian said that for people who have difficulty traveling, they will also provide door-to-door services.
94-year-old Wang Lao has suffered from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease for many years, and severe osteoporosis, which makes it very inconvenient to travel. In response to this situation, since 2017, Yang Qinglian has been providing door-to-door services for him, "We visit the elderly from time to time, buy him fruits, wool scarves, etc., and regularly measure his blood sugar and blood pressure, and adjust the treatment plan in time according to his physical condition." Yang Qinglian said that Wang Lao was very satisfied with their service and specially sent a lot of books to the department.
"A pennant, a letter of thanks, or even a verbal 'thank you' is the driving force for us to move forward." Yang Qinglian said frankly that she never regretted dedicating her life to the medical cause.
In July 1991, after graduating from the clinical medicine major of Hengyang Medical College at that time, Yang Qinglian was assigned to the Department of Internal Medicine of the First People's Hospital of Hengyang City, and since then she has devoted herself to the field of internal medicine, especially in the field of endocrine common diseases, frequent diseases and difficult and critical diseases.
With the aging of the population and the needs of the development of hospital disciplines, the hospital established a geriatric department, and Yang Qinglian took on the burden of the department director.
"Geriatric doctors are faced with a special group of the elderly, who often have multiple diseases, complex and rapid changes, and only by constantly improving various diagnosis and treatment techniques and improving comprehensive analysis capabilities can they accurately take care of each patient." In order to broaden her knowledge, Yang Qinglian insisted on continuous study, went to Xiangya Hospital of Central South University and the Third Xiangya Hospital for further study, participated in various seminars inside and outside the province, and used her break time to read books and study online.
Not only that, she strictly abides by the hospital's training tenet of "going out, inviting in, and institutionalizing", allowing department personnel to conduct training in key departments such as ICU, cardiovascular medicine, and respiratory medicine of the hospital, and carrying out training in basic knowledge, basic operations, basic skills, and treatment of critical and critical diseases in the department; At the same time, let the department staff go to the province's top three hospitals for further study, each specializing in one subject, and also send those with outstanding performance to the key disciplines of well-known hospitals outside the province for further study.
(Yang Qinglian led the department staff to make rounds)
With the concerted efforts of everyone, the department has developed and grown step by step, and has become a member of the Collaborative Innovation Alliance for Geriatric Comprehensive Assessment of the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases (Xiangya), a training base for comprehensive geriatric assessment, and an age-friendly medical institution in Hunan Province. The department has 26 beds and 9 VIP rooms and other different types of rooms. It has advanced instruments and equipment such as high-flow humidification respiratory therapy instrument, vibration expectoration instrument, TDP therapy instrument, etc. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hypertension, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney diseases, respiratory infectious diseases, and elderly bone and joint diseases.
On December 30, 2020, approaching New Year's Day, when everyone was immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the festival, 91-year-old Zeng Lao was admitted to the hospital due to impaired consciousness and hemiplegia. After examination, it was found that Zeng Lao had cerebral hemorrhage.
"The patient already has lung cancer, as well as underlying diseases such as high blood pressure, coupled with advanced age, the situation is not optimistic." Yang Qinglian said that they immediately activated the emergency plan, carried out a hospital-wide consultation, formulated a personalized treatment plan for Zeng Lao, implemented meticulous nursing services, "closely monitored vital signs, turned over regularly, fed water and food, defecated and washed, psychological comfort, etc., and implemented one-to-one 24-hour care." ”
After 42 days in the hospital, Zeng Lao, who was originally paralyzed in bed and had difficulty moving, was discharged from the hospital on foot with crutches. "They tell me stories, chat with me, play chess, and give me the warmth of family." Zeng Lao said that he believed in Yang Qinglian and her team, and he always looked for her every time he was hospitalized.
Over the past 32 years, Yang Qinglian has always gone to the ward with family affection, prescribed prescriptions with conscience, and reasonably prescribed medicines, examinations, and treatments according to the patient's condition. She never prescribes too much, never does unnecessary tests, and always treats her patients as her own. She often says, "I want nothing more, the satisfaction of patients and families is my greatest happiness!" ”
How to bring high-quality services to more patients is Yang Qinglian's tireless pursuit. Under her leadership, the department conducts screening of various high-risk factors for elderly inpatients, including nutrition, self-care ability, risk of falling or falling from bed, etc., and establishes relevant risk prevention measures and emergency plans. Continuously strengthen the training of geriatric medical staff in age-friendly concepts, geriatric ethics, and geriatric knowledge and skills. In addition, we carry out differentiated services to care for every elderly patient with love, carefulness, patience and filial piety, so that they can feel the warmth of home.
(Yang Qinglian often goes to the ward to cheer with elderly patients and listen carefully to their medical needs)
Sincerity for sincerity. Yang Qinglian's dedication and efforts are obvious to all.
One winter, Yang Qinglian had an operation due to physical discomfort. On the second day after the operation, she dragged her sick body back to work. "During the ward rounds, the patients saw that my face was pale, and they took my hand and said, 'Dr. Yang, you are still so concerned about us when you are sick', 'You have to rest well and take care of yourself', 'Your body is also very important.'" Yang Qinglian told reporters that the patient's unpretentious words always made her eyes blurry.
"It's the needs of patients that drive me to keep moving forward." For 32 years, Yang Qinglian has been doing her best to get rid of the pain of patients.
Talking about future planning, Yang Qinglian said that she hopes that the geriatric medicine department will gradually become another "home" for elderly patients in the future, and she will lead the department to develop into general medicine, provide patients with professional and comprehensive treatment services, and do her best to protect the health of every patient. (Loudi Daily all-media reporter Xia Peony)