Since last week, chain pharmacies in Shanghai have gradually resumed operations, and citizens can issue outing orders, purchase drugs offline, or rely on e-commerce platforms and run errands to deliver on their behalf. However, some drugs for special diseases need to be registered in the hospital, and insulin for the treatment of type 1 diabetes is one of them.
Once a patient stops insulin, it can lead to ketoacidosis and even life-threatening. In order to deliver life-saving medicines to adolescents under the age of 18 with type 1 diabetes, Jin Sheng, chairman of the Jing'an District Little Sugar Man Adolescent and Children's Service Center, has been running around the city since mid-March.
Open the trunk, inside are two freezers, one large and one small. One is Jin Sheng's own, and the other is enthusiastic about the support of neighbors.
The life-saving insulin for people with type 1 diabetes must be stored in the cold chain of 2 to 8 degrees, otherwise it will fail. Among them, the short and medium-acting insulin used by children can only be dispensed by individual children's specialist hospitals. At present, it is not easy to ask e-commerce platform riders to help deliver.
Jin Sheng, chairman of the Shanghai Jing'an District Little Sugar Man Adolescent and Children's Service Center, said, "Meituan brother can only be active in this district, and the hospitals in this district do not necessarily have insulin for children. ”
Since mid-March, Jin Sheng has been driving a private car to deliver medicine to children in insulin emergencies across the city. They have a common name, "Little Sugar Man." Two freezers, a box of ice packs, Jin Sheng's car is also jokingly called "mobile refrigerator" by the "little sugar people".
Nowadays, entering and leaving hospitals and communities requires a negative nucleic acid report within 48 hours. In order not to delay the delivery, Jin Sheng seized the opportunity to do nucleic acid testing.
In the month of running, Jin Sheng was equipped with four batches of medicines before and after, and the "mobile refrigerator" ran an average of 400 kilometers a day, sending life-saving medicines to 46 "little sugar people". In fact, Jin Sheng himself also suffers from type 1 diabetes, and before leaving the car, he will always prepare carbs, sweet drinks and other sugar-sweet foods to prevent hypoglycemia.
The back row of "Mobile Refrigerator" is crammed with cartoon comics, which are the reading materials of Jin Sheng's three-year-old daughter. Her daughter is very healthy, and Jin Sheng hopes to use her own experience to present herself for type 1 diabetics.
Jin Sheng said that in fact, our children with type 1 diabetes can live and get married normally.
Ready to kill, Jin Sheng is on the road again, and the next stop is Chongming, where the "little sugar man" is waiting for his life-saving medicine.
(Look at the news Knows reporter: Liu Yiran)