Another 6,000 medical staff arrive in Hubei from around China
By
People’s Daily
Nearly
6,000 medical stuff from over 10 provinces in China arrived at the Wuhan Tianhe
International Airport in epicenter Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province on
Feb. 9, marking the largest single-day number of medics’ arrivals at the
airport since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
A
total of 41 aircraft landed at the airport that day, from 1:50 a.m. to 23:50 p.m.
The
8th batch of medical staff sent by east China’s Shandong province was among the
6,000 medics. The medical team has 303 staffs coming from 153 hospitals across
the province, and they are deployed at the “Fang Cang” shelter hospitals
converted from gymnasiums, exhibition centers and sports centers in Wuhan.
Before
their departure, Liu Yongtao, head of the medical team, stressed that members
on the team must take extra care while working in Wuhan. “Fang Cang hospitals are built to treat
patients with mild symptoms, but the large number of patients there would pose
a huge challenge for quarantine and protection,” Liu explained.
So
far, nearly 20,000 medical staff have been sent to Hubei to treat patients, and
those working in the worst-hit areas are all elites from across the country.
Wuhan
is a key region for epidemic prevention and control, but the number of infections
is still on a rise in several surrounding prefecture-level cities. These
cities, facing a severe shortage of medical resources and less attention from
the society, have successively run out of relief materials, and some even asked
for emergency rescue.
On
Feb.7, a special mechanism body on fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak
under the State Council, China's cabinet, held a news conference, introducing a
national "pairing-up support for Hubei" policy launched by the
National Health Commission (NHC) that aims to increase medical supplies and
better satisfy patients’ demands in non-capital cities of the province.
Under
the mechanism, 16 cities in Hubei province have been partnered with a province
or municipality that will offer assistance.
The
targeted assistance will ease the pressure of epidemic control through national
efforts, meet the urgent need of Hubei and curb the spread of the virus as fast
as possible. Besides, it can also integrate medical resources inside and
outside the province and improve the 16 cities’ medical competence in a short
period of time.
The
"pairing-up support for Hubei" policy triggered huge sensation on
Chinese social media where netizens from Hubei extended their appreciation to
the nation and received strong supports from the people in the rest of the
country. Such warmth is a token of the brotherly ties of the Chinese people.
This
is not the first time for China to introduce partner assistance. After a major
earthquake struck Wenchuan, Sichuan province in 2008, Chinese provinces and municipalities
including Beijing, Guangdong, Shandong and Zhejiang responded immediately, and
helped the people there rebuild their home on the ruins.
Besides,
in the nationwide poverty alleviation campaign, eastern and western provinces
and regions collaborated with each other, while government departments, enterprises
and public institutions at all levels teamed up with assigned impoverished
regions. Under such mechanism, poverty-stricken areas across the country
received abundant assistance in human resource, finance and materials.
Facts
proved that partner assistance is an effective strategy in the face of major
tasks. The whole set of mechanisms is aimed at overcoming difficulties with
nationwide efforts, which reflects China's leading position in governance.
Concentrating
efforts on major tasks is a significant advantage of the Chinese political system
and the national governance system, and also a forceful weapon to win the
battle against the epidemic.
With
the rapid development of the virus, the entire nation is mobilized to join the
prevention and control of the epidemic. In this war where failure is not
tolerated, victory is waiting ahead as long as greater strength is gathered and
more solid efforts made.
On
Feb. 9, a man sees off his wife in Huai’an, east China’s Jiangsu province,
before the woman, who’s among the second batch of medics sent by the city to
Hubei, departs for the epicenter to help epidemic control and prevention there.
Photo by Wang Hao, People’s Daily
Another 6,000 medical staff arrive in Hubei from around China
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