Shanxi Teams Join in Fight to Beat Virus
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6 | DISCOVER SHANXI Friday, February 14, 2020 CHINA DAILY Shanxi teams join in fight to beat virus More patients in Xiantao, Hubei province, are cured of infections as doctors remain vigilant By YUAN SHENGGAO Dong is a suspected coronavirus case quarantined in a hospital in the Twentyfive patients cured of the Hubei city of Qianjiang, which is novel coronavirus were released looked after by another medical from the No 1 People’s Hospital of team from Shanxi. Dong said she Xiantao on Feb 10, thanks to the feels better and more confident with dedicated efforts and hard work of a the care of the Shanxi medical work medical rescue team from Shanxi ers. province and doctor Yuan Dajiang “When the epidemic is over, I will in particular. treat you to the most delicious craw Yuan is the head of the medical fish in Qianjiang,” Dong said to her rescue team that has traveled to medical care givers. Hubei province to help fight the Qianjiang is famous around Chi novel coronavirus epidemic in the na for its freshwater crawfish. city of Xiantao. The medical team in Qianjiang Hubei is the province most was among the first from Shanxi. severely hit by the coronavirus out The hospital where they are work break since December last year. ing is a new hospital that was sched Since late January, Shanxi prov uled to open in May. ince in North China has dispatched The hospital became operational six medical rescue teams to Hubei to immediately in response to the help fight against the virus. emergency, after the team took “The first patient we cured was three days to train local medical discharged from the hospital three workers and test equipment. days ago,” Yuan said, adding that “It is a miracle for our hospital “today is a big day for our team as so considering the efficiency,” said many patients are cured”. Song Shugui, the top nurse at the His colleague Ma Guanzhong was hospital. among the most joyful. “The standardized protective He showed the WeChat messages measures they carried out benefited sent by the first released patient to not only the patients but the medi the media, which were full of heart cal workers as well,” Song said. felt gratitude. Standardized management is cru “The patient was in a critical situ cial to infectious disease control and ation when we first saw him but he treatment, according to Xue Wen Clockwise from top: A doctor from Shanxi province treats a patient infected with the novel coronavirus pneumonia in a hospital in Xian survived with a strong will,” Ma long, a doctor specializing in protec tao, Hubei province. YUAN ZHAOHUI / FOR CHINA DAILY Workers at Shanxibased Tongda Pharmaceuticals package medicine that will be delivered said. tive management for infectious to virusinfected regions. WANG ZHONGXUN / FOR CHINA DAILY Jihua 3534 Garment based in Wenxi county, Shanxi province, works at full capacity Ma was reluctant to say what diseases. to produce protective clothing in the fight against the epidemic nationwide. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY treatment they gave the patient, Xue, also from Shanxi, is now only saying that he and his colleague working at a makeshift hospital in are moved and motivated by the Jiang’an district in Wuhan, capital range of areas including the use of “The medical workers are the “I’m confident we will remain tal in Caidian district of Wuhan. warmhearted greetings on WeChat. of Hubei province. protective equipment, the layout of most precious wealth in this battle safe by following the strictest pro “They (the medical team) are from The doctor said he is responsible inpatient rooms, disinfection, non against the coronavirus epidemic, tective measures,” said Li Shuping, a Yuan Zhaohui, Jin Shuaini, Wang Shanxi and they bring us hope,” said for circulating operational stan contact service and medical waste so we must ensure that they can nurse from Shanxi now working at Yu and Shen Jia contributed to the a patient surnamed Dong. dards among the doctors covering a treatment. work in safety,” Xue said. the SinoFrench New Town Hospi story. Keeping Government calls for united efforts the lights from local entities during outbreak By YUAN SHENGGAO on amid Latest numbers of confirmed cases The Shanxi Provincial Committee and recoveries in Shanxi province of the Communist Party of China epidemic and the provincial government responded to the fight against the According to the Health Commis there were 36 in Jinzhong, 19 in Yun novel coronavirus this week, urging sion of Shanxi Province on Feb 12, cheng, 18 in Taiyuan, 12 in Datong, By YUAN SHENGGAO local social and economic entities to two confirmed cases of the novel eight in Jincheng, eight in Changzhi, work together for disease control coronavirus were reported in Shanxi: seven in Xinzhou, seven in Shuoz Because of the outbreak of the and maintaining steady socioeco one in Datong and one in Jinzhong. hou, six in Lyuliang, four in Yangquan novel coronavirus epidemic, sup nomic development. Three patients were cured and dis and two in Linfen. plies in many parts of the country In their message that was released charged from hospitals. To date, a total of 3,579 close con have been affected. on Feb 10, the provincial authorities As of midnight on Feb 12, a total of tacts have been traced in Shanxi However, electricity supply to called on local entities to shoulder 126 confirmed cases of pneumonia province. Among them, 172 were meet the demands of disease con Commodities produced in Shanxi are delivered to Russia on the their own responsibilities and map caused by the novel coronavirus had released from medical observation trol and people’s livelihoods ChinaEurope express cargo train service, despite the novel out their own plans for disease con been reported in Shanxi province. on Feb 12 while 850 are under obser throughout most the country was coronavirus outbreak in China. REN LING / FOR CHINA DAILY trol. In these 126 confirmed cases, vation. not disrupted, according to indus As most of the entities resume try insiders. their operations after the Spring Fes Coal suppliers in Shanxi have medical protective garments and tival holiday, they are required to growth and meet the demands of the and Technology Department pro contributed to meet the national 4,000 nonmedical protective track the travel history and record people. posed 15 measures in boosting demand for power generation. garments,” said Wang Qingcai, health conditions of their employ The authorities called for mobiliz medical research and develop This is despite a shortage of labor executive board director of the ees, helping identify possible sus ing the wisdom and energy from all ment. ers due to the Spring Festival holi company. pected cases of the novel coronavirus walks of life in fighting the epidem “To date, we have approved 14 day and that the province has As life becomes inconvenient infection and close contact with the ic. projects for the R&D of medicines been affected by the epidemic, in communities as a result of the infectious. Responding to the message, local and therapies and the second batch said local officials and business lockdown to ensure disease con For local medical institutions, the entities have taken their own meas of projects is in the pipeline,” said executives. and Administration Commission, trol, the supply of daily necessi goal is to ensure zero fatalities in con ures immediately. an official at the department. From the Gaohe coal mine eight coal producers in Shanxi ties has become a pressing firmed cases and zero infection cases According to local media reports, For Zhendong Group, a large operated by the Lu’an Group, one have been working extra shifts to challenge. among medical workers. many companies and institutions health product retail and services of the nation’s leading coal sup supply coal to Hubei, Shanxi and To overcome this, many retail The authorities also asked medical have required their staff members to company in Shanxi, its response to pliers based in Shanxi, more than other regions. ers in Shanxi have used both research institutions to step up their report their health conditions on a the message has been to ensure a 110,000 metric tons of coal has In addition, a number of coke, online and offline channels to efforts in developing effective thera daily basis. They have implemented stable supply of medical products been transported to thermal gas, water and chemical produc expand supplies of daily goods. pies and medicines for coronavirus strict sanitation measures like disin to hospitals and health clinics. power plants and other clients in ers as well as logistics and trans They have vowed to offer cus patients. fecting offices and business venues, “We have required all our outlets Hubei, the center of the epidemic, port companies have gone full tomers products of a good quali Local businesses are also required and monitoring the body tempera to stabilize supplies and make sure according to Hao Xiaoguang, an capacity to ensure supplies to the ty, at a large volume and to gradually normalize their business ture of employees. the prices are not higher than those executive in charge of coal trans regions, according to Guo. reasonable prices. activities to ensure steady economic The Shanxi Provincial Science before,” said an executive of the port at the company. “Considering the emergency, Chu Dequn, chairman of the company. Shanxi Coking Coal Group is our focus is to produce products local Meitehao Chainstore Co, As of Feb 9, the company had another major supplier of coal to that meet the demands for dis said most of the goods at the com donated 21.24 million yuan ($3.05 Hubei.