A counterattack from a leukemia patient: become a master of hematology

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Boys who had suffered from leukemia were admitted to graduate school in the rescue hospital

Not long ago, in the interview of the master's degree in hematology of Zhejiang University School of Medicine held at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, there came a "special" candidate Chen Ge (pseudonym), who was a leukemia patient 10 years ago, and it was the First Hospital of Zhejiang University that gave him a new life.

It is reported that in 2012, 16-year-old Chen Ge suffered from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and he was hospitalized for chemotherapy at the First Hospital of Zhejiang University. In 2013, the dean of the hospital and the leader of the hematology department, Huang He, performed a non-blood hematopoietic stem cell transplant for him, and he returned to campus two years after the transplant. In 2017, Chen Ge took the college entrance examination and applied for the clinical medicine major of a medical college in Zhejiang. "I want to become a professional hematologist and treat more of me..." At present, Chen Ge has been pre-admitted to the Master of Hematology from Zhejiang University School of Medicine. (The First Hospital of Zhejiang University, China Youth Daily)

National Health Commission: Not found in the mainland

Cases of acute hepatitis in children of unknown origin

Recently, several countries have reported unexplained cases of acute hepatitis in children, which has aroused widespread concern. In response to this situation, the official website of the National Health Commission released the "Answers to Questions On Acute Hepatitis in Children of Unknown Cause" on May 7, indicating that no relevant cases have been found in the mainland at present, and health administrative departments and medical institutions at all levels are paying close attention to and continuously monitoring the relevant situation.

The article also notes that the common characteristics of children with this acute hepatitis are: age 1 month to 16 years, mostly under 10 years of age; jaundice, nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, drowsiness, and gastrointestinal symptoms (including diarrhea and vomiting), most children have no fever; and laboratory liver biochemical test transaminases (AST or ALT) are significantly elevated. If the child has the above manifestations, parents should be vigilant, go to the hospital in time, it is recommended to check the liver biochemical indicators, and do blood, urine, feces and respiratory samples and other related pathogen tests to further determine whether the child has acute hepatitis and possible causes. (Official website of the National Health Commission)

Suspected of accepting bribes,

The former director of a municipal health commission was arrested

According to the "Shaanxi Procuratorate" WeChat public account, Hao Jiandong, former secretary of the party committee and director of the Health Commission of Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province (at the department level), was suspected of accepting bribes, and the Investigation by the Yan'an Municipal Supervision Commission was concluded and transferred to the procuratorial organs for review and prosecution. After review, the Yan'an Municipal People's Procuratorate decided to arrest Hao Jiandong in accordance with law. The case is under further processing. (Shaanxi Procuratorate)

Yunnan jian care for medical personnel long-term mechanism

Recently, the Yunnan Provincial Health Commission and other departments jointly issued the Implementation Opinions on Establishing a Long-term Mechanism for the Protection and Care of Medical Personnel (hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Opinions).

The "Implementation Opinions" make it clear that in the handling of major natural disasters or public health emergencies and foreign medical tasks, the overall allocation of emergency protective materials for medical personnel and the living security of front-line medical personnel should be strengthened. Among them, according to the needs of the law, requisitioned conditions around the work site, hotels, guest houses and other fixed places, to provide front-line medical personnel with a good living and rest environment and the necessary conditions for isolation.

In the handling of major natural disasters or public health emergencies and foreign aid medical tasks, it is necessary to make overall arrangements for front-line medical personnel to take turns to take shifts, do a good job of ensuring that front-line medical personnel take turns to isolate, and arrange compulsory rest for front-line medical personnel who have been overloaded for a long time. Medical and health institutions may appropriately increase the time for rest and paid leave according to factors such as the length of time for medical personnel to participate in the handling of public health emergencies and the severity of the crisis. (People's Daily)

The first molecular medicine professional committee in China was established

On May 8th, the Molecular Medicine Summit Forum of the Institute of Basic Medicine and Oncology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, at which the Molecular Medicine Professional Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society was officially established.

It is reported that this is the first molecular medicine professional committee in China, which will systematically carry out discipline planning, scientific research and talent training and academic exchanges, and concentrate a professional, comprehensive and multidisciplinary comprehensive and interdisciplinary talent team to carry out discipline design and collaborative innovation, and contribute to the solution of major discoveries in basic science and major disease diagnosis and treatment in the field of life and health. (China News Network)

Jilin Province has comprehensively launched the construction project of the "treatment of diseases" department of traditional Chinese medicine

Recently, the Jilin Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued the "Notice on Comprehensively Improving the Service Capacity of Traditional Chinese Medicine Medical Institutions to "Treat Diseases before They Occur" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), and decided to carry out the improvement of the service capacity of traditional Chinese medicine "treatment of diseases before they occur" in public traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions in the province. The "Circular" requires that public TCM medical institutions at all levels that have set up TCM "treatment of diseases" departments should achieve "quality improvement standards"; those that have not been set up should be fully started in accordance with the principle of "should be built to the fullest".

Screenshot of the official website

The "Notice" requires public TCM medical institutions at the second level and above to accelerate the construction of the "treatment of diseases" department of TCM.

In terms of the allocation of a strong team of personnel, the full-time medical personnel of the second-level Chinese medicine hospital should not be less than 5 people, the third-level Chinese medicine hospital should be no less than 6 people, and the proportion of chinese medicine medical personnel should not be less than 70%; the "treatment of diseases" department of the second-level Chinese medicine hospital should have a Chinese medicine practitioner with the qualification of deputy senior or above professional and technical positions; the proportion of Chinese medicine practitioners with qualifications for deputy senior professional and technical posts in the third-level Chinese medicine hospital should not be less than 20%. (Jilin Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

National Health Commission: By 2025,

The total number of nurses in the country is 5.5 million

On May 9, the National Health Commission issued the National Nursing Development Plan (2021-2025) (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). The "Plan" pointed out that at the end of 2020, the total number of registered nurses in the country was more than 4.7 million, an increase of 45% over 2015. More than 70% of nurses have a college degree or above, and the academic quality of the nurse team has been further improved.

The "Plan" requires that by 2025, the total number of nurses in the country will reach 5.5 million, the number of registered nurses per thousand population will reach 3.8, the number of nurses will continue to increase, the structure will be further optimized, the quality and service capacity will be significantly improved, and the needs of economic and social and health undertakings will be basically adapted. (Xinhua News Agency)

A local early morning announcement: all staff give yellow codes!

At 0-24:00 on May 8, Tonglu County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, added 1 confirmed case of new crown pneumonia and 3 cases of asymptomatic infection of new crown virus. At 2:20 a.m. on May 9, "Tonglu Release" issued a document saying that in order to further strictly and strictly do a good job in the "three preventions" of epidemic prevention and spread, overflow prevention and import prevention, according to the relevant provisions of tonglu county epidemic prevention and control, Tonglu gave a yellow code to all employees in the county, and nucleic acid sampling began at 6 o'clock on May 8, 2022, for three consecutive days. If it is not necessary to leave the village or community, the entry and exit of personnel needs to be certified with a negative nucleic acid test within 24 hours. (Released by Tonglu)

One case of "monkeypox" has been confirmed in the UK

According to British media reports on May 7, a patient in the United Kingdom was diagnosed with a rare infectious disease "monkeypox" (monkeypox).

It is a viral zoonotic disease, mostly found in wild animals, transmitted mainly from animals to humans through direct close contact. People can also become infected when they are in close contact with an infected person, although the virus is not easily transmitted directly from person to person.

According to the World Health Organization, the incubation period of "monkeypox" (that is, the time of infection to the onset of symptoms) is about 5 to 21 days, and the infection is divided into two stages. Infected people may experience symptoms such as fever, severe headache, lymphadenopathy, muscle pain, and intense wheezing in the first five days of infection. Subsequently, the infected person may have a rash, which will gradually spread from the face to other parts of the body, especially the limbs, and eventually the scab will fall off. It is reported that in the general population, the mortality rate of "monkeypox" infection is about 10%, while the mortality rate is relatively high in young children. In addition, infected people may also have a series of complications, such as bronchitis, sepsis, encephalitis and corneal infections, and may even lose vision. (Red Star News)

Source: Medical community comprehensive collation

Editor-in-charge: Zheng Huaju

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