Plateau medical reform comes up with new measures to solve the problem of people's "distance to see a doctor" in Qinghai

China News Service, Xining, November 10 (Reporter Sun Rui) The high altitude and scattered residents are practical challenges that Qinghai must face when developing primary medical care. At the press conference held on the 10th by the Information Office of the People's Government of Qinghai Province on "Building a Strong Grassroots Health Service Network and Starting a New Journey to Benefit the People in the '15th Five-Year Plan'", many units showed their practical results and a number of innovative measures to help plateau people see doctors with less errands and more worry.

The Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University has launched Qinghai Province's first "virtual ward" for wound repair. After patients with wounds and burns complete primary treatment in a tertiary hospital, they can be directly transferred to the community to continue their rehabilitation, achieving continuous closed-loop diagnosis and treatment at higher-level and lower-level medical institutions. The hospital has established multiple specialized medical consortiums to provide remote radiology, ECG, and pathological diagnosis directly to the grassroots level, eliminating obstacles to medical treatment caused by space.

Wang Lijun, deputy director of the Jianzha County Health Bureau in Huangnan Prefecture, said that in response to the weak public health capabilities in agricultural and pastoral areas, all 87 administrative villages and 10 communities in the county have established public health committees, with 535 staff working in the "one village, one doctor, one liaison" model to open up the "last mile" of health services.

Hou Niannong, deputy county magistrate of Gangcha County, Haibei Prefecture, said that the local area relies on the characteristics of Sino-Tibetan medicine to promote appropriate Tibetan medicine techniques. Currently, Sino-Tibetan medicine accounts for more than 35% of the county's diagnosis and treatment, becoming a unique pillar for herdsmen to prevent and treat diseases.

In response to the problem that the elderly and disabled elderly in the city have difficulty going out, Fan Geyan, director of Nantan Community Health Service Center in Chengzhong District, Xining City, shared the "order-to-order" service. Grandpa Yu, 91, is bedridden all year round and lives in an old building without an elevator, making it extremely difficult for him to go out for medical treatment. The family doctor team came to his home regularly to collect blood, provide care, and monitor medication, which solved the urgent needs of his family. Currently, the center has provided door-to-door services more than 531 times.

From plateau pastures to urban streets, Qinghai's grassroots medical institutions are solving the problem of people's "distance to see a doctor" through a series of special services.