Some festivals may mean rest, but for the angels in white, the responsibility of saving lives on their shoulders will not be diminished on this day. In the hemodialysis center of Longxi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, they are always fighting against death and racing against time, so that desperate patients can regain the sails of life. Today, let's get to know them together.
Wang Yanli, 65, a retired employee of the former Longxi Machinery Repair Factory, has been battling this terrible disease for countless days and nights since she suffered kidney failure due to diabetes eight years ago. From the initial desire to cry without tears when she learned of her condition, to the current calmness, Wang Yanli is full of gratitude to the medical staff of the hemodialysis center of Longxi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Patient Wang Yanli: At that time, I felt a little bit like I didn't want to live. Really, I always feel like what's the point of being alive, there's no point in it. Later, after dialysis for a while, I slowly got used to it, and slowly felt better. The environment of this place is very good, the nurses and doctors here are very enthusiastic and take special care of us. They care about us, so I feel good about coming here.
Dialysis is a very special vulnerable group, which needs to come to the hospital for treatment 2-3 times a week, 4 hours each time, all year round, and it is not easy to maintain a good physical condition by insisting on dialysis. On the one hand, the Grim Reaper is eyeing him all the time, and on the other hand, he is thirsting for life. Turn on the machine, open the dialysis solution A and B, install the pipeline, pre-flush the saline, and prepare the anticoagulant drug...... Every step of the operation must be accurate. Every time they undergo dialysis, they must pay close attention to the patient's blood flow, venous pressure, and transmembrane pressure, as long as the patient's blood does not return to the body for a minute, their heart cannot be put down for a minute.
Zhang Yali, head nurse of the hemodialysis center of Longxi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Some of our patients are in their twilight years, some are in the prime of life, and some are even in the mood for love, but they are all suffering from illness. The financial pressure, physical pain, and psychological burden are self-evident. In the face of this, we have the duty to become their psychological compass and help them build up the confidence to overcome the disease. Gradually, we became friends, we became a family, and it was no longer just a therapeutic relationship.
In order to alleviate the physical pain and psychological burden of patients as much as possible, medical staff will always take the trouble to educate patients every day, guiding patients to control weight gain, low-salt, low-fat, low-potassium, low-phosphorus, high-quality protein diet, regular medication, etc. For families who are particularly difficult, they will always find ways to reduce some of their fees. In addition to the busy treatment, they always use love and patience to encourage patients to go out of the house and return to society, so that patients can feel the warmth of home.
Patient Wang Yanli: At that time, it was outpatient dialysis, and the cost was quite high anyway, and there was almost no salary for a month, and it was reduced once a month, and it cost 500-600 yuan for a reduction. We've been here for more than 4 years and we're like a big family, really. They take such good care of us, we are very dear.
The hemodialysis center of Longxi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which was established in August 2019, has only 7 medical staff. Soon after its establishment, they encountered the battle against the new crown pneumonia, and they went against the tide to support the Weiyuan front-line, Lanzhou Heavy Ion Hospital, as well as nucleic acid sampling points, designated isolation hotels, and designated hospitals in the county, and completed the rescue task with high quality, and were commended by the Longxi County Party Committee, the county government, and the Lanzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. On the one hand, in the face of their own heavy tasks and shortage of personnel, they rose to the challenge and filled the gap in this technology in the hospital. He has successively won the honors of being a member of the first blood purification professional committee of Gansu Province, a member of the Dingxi Nephrology Professional Committee, an excellent nursing team in the city, and the May Fourth Youth Medal of Longxi County. In 2023, the hemodialysis center of Longxi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine will preside over the completion of 2,616 hemodialysis sessions, 168 hemodiafiltration sessions, and 384 hemoperfusion sessions throughout the year.
Zhang Li, Endocrinology and Nephrology Physician of Longxi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: In clinical work, the prevalence of chronic kidney disease continues to rise. We hope that everyone can eat lightly in their daily life, control their weight, quit smoking and limit alcohol, live a regular life, and try to avoid the damage caused by bad lifestyle habits to the kidneys.
Longxi financial media all-media reporter Zhang Lei Zhong Lingling