A cadre aiding Tibet who was usually in good health developed symptoms including chest tightness and difficulty breathing on the eighth day after entering Tibet. The patient was diagnosed with “acute massive pulmonary embolism” and in a critical situation, his life hanging by the thread. After a month of quality care by the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital and PUMCH, the patient’s condition has been effectively improved, and he will be transferred to PUMCH for further diagnosis and treatment.

The successful treatment of the patient in this case demonstrates the remarkable achievements made by the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital in talent cultivation and improvement of diagnosis and treatment capabilities with the help of the more organized “group-based” Tibet-aiding efforts. PUMCH will continue to provide more sustainable assistance, metaphorically hematopoiesis rather than blood transfusion, to help the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital cultivate technical backbones that will stay there, strengthen multidisciplinary cooperation, and make full use of the telemedicine platform, contributing more to ultimately protecting the health of Tibetans and ensuring that all major diseases can be treated within Tibet.

Vice President Peng Bin organized the multi-disciplinary team in Tibet to join the remote consultation

Vice President Du Bin organized the multi-disciplinary team in PUMCH to join the remote consultation

On admission, the patient’s chest CT showed multiple embolisms in the left pulmonary aortic trunk and in both lungs

On the 3rd day of treatment, the patient's chest CT reexamination showed embolisms in bilateral pulmonary artery trunk, multiple segmental and sub-segmental pulmonary arteries.

Text: Intensive Care Unit, the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital

Picture: The Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital

Translator: Liu Haiyan

Editor: Wang Yao