On December 23, 2022, the second PUMCH medical team aiding Xiaotangshan Makeshift Hospital successfully completed their task and left. Since November 8, PUMCH sent a total of 71 staffers in two batches to provide medical services in Unit No. 8 of the Xiaotangshan Makeshift Hospital. Inspired by the medical mission of “putting patients first”, the team delivered the quality care of PUMCH to patients.
Guided by the PUMCH notion of “treating patients like family”, the team members attend to every need of patients, particularly the urgent ones. They provide patients with warm and professional services in every facet from treatment of diseases to daily care. Some team members likened the makeshift hospital unit to a hotel with medical services: 3 to 4 doctors and nurses take care of nearly 100 patients in each shift, always trying to be more meticulous and compassionate.
The team members lavished praise on their leaders and superiors: the care and attention of team leader Lin Xue and associate professor Xu Yan of the command unit had built a safety line for every member’s physical and mental health; the earnest and repeated instructions from the infection control supervisor Guo Qin beefed up safety for everyone; Zhang Jiaqi, secretary of the temporarily set party branch, led six party members to, via the exemplary role they play, motivate the medical team to greatly improve their performance.
“PUMCHers are all so driven. They could brace themselves for the freezing cold and work nonstop for 6 to 12 hours as if they were doing their usual work. Even though it is a temporary team, you could spot their spontaneously formed team spirit. That’s what makes the PUMCH culture so unique,” said Lin Xue. Another team member said: “We can always trust our team. We PUMCHers are always the first to respond whenever we are needed.”
President Zhang Shuyang and Vice President Du Bin were seeing off the second team aiding Xiaotangshan Makeshift Hospital
Written by reporter Wang Jing and correspondent Zhang Yu
Photographed by Sun Liang
Translated by Liu Haiyan
Edited by Wang Yao