People who silently and steadily enter the epidemic area

Thanh Chung• DNUM_CGZACZCACB 17:26

(Baonghean.vn) - Clearly identifying their position on the front line against the epidemic, the staff of the Provincial Center for Disease Control accept the sacrifices to protect people's health. They are still happy because of the quiet "prevention is better than cure"; happy with the heart for the profession, because they have brought economic, social and peace benefits to the people... and then confidently step into the epidemic area.

PRESSURE, HARD WORK

In the early days of fighting the epidemicCovid-19, to meet the doctors and nurses of the Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the province is very difficult. Because they are always in a state of "on every kilometer". The doctors and nurses were just in this district investigating and monitoring cases returning from epidemic areas, a few hours later they were present at the quarantine area taking samples for testing, and at the end of the day they were in another district searching for F1, F2.

Lãnh đạo Sở Y tế và cán bộ CDC Nghệ An chặn xe khách chở người nghi ngờ mắc bệnh lúc nửa đêm. Ảnh: Tiến Hùng

Leaders of the Department of Health and CDC officials in Nghe An stopped a passenger bus carrying suspected patients at midnight. Photo: Tien Hung

The risk of an epidemic entering the country is high. Work follows work, day after day. Doctor Nguyen Trong Di - Deputy Head of the Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control is always in a state of "disheveled hair", tired from constantly investigating, monitoring, and tracing cases.

Doctor Di shared: “A working day starts at 6am and usually ends at 2-3am the next day. Lunch is eaten at 3-4pm, and dinner is eaten at 9-10pm. We work hard to find people related to F1, F2, F3 and bring them in for quarantine and testing. When we are too tired, we sleep wherever we can, and when we recover, we get up and continue working.”

Lấy mẫu xét nghiệm COVID-19 cho người từ vùng dịch đến tỉnh Nghệ An. Ảnh: Thành Cường

Taking Covid-19 test samples from people coming from epidemic areas to Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In this early stage, the network of preventionCovid-19At the district level, training has not been completed and rapid response teams have not been formed. Therefore, most of the epidemic prevention and control activities are undertaken by doctors and nurses at Nghe An CDC. Participating in the prevention and control of the pandemic, doctors and nurses often forget to eat and sleep, sacrificing a part of their privacy for the community. Doctor Di himself had to send his wife and children to his grandmother's house for care to keep his family safe, as well as to wholeheartedly fight the epidemic.

Bác sĩ Nguyễn Trọng Di kể: Những ngày đầu chống dịch, em phải gửi vợ con nhờ bà ngoại chăm sóc để toàn tâm toàn ý cho công việc. Ảnh: Thành Cường

Doctor Nguyen Trong Di said: In the early days of fighting the epidemic, I had to leave my wife and children with my grandmother to take care of them so that I could focus on my work. Photo: Thanh Cuong

At CDC Nghe An, the staff, doctors, nurses, and technicians of the Testing Department are also working hard and making sacrifices. At this time, testing activitiesCovid-19In Nghe An, there are many difficulties due to the large number of samples, low capacity testing machines at CDC Nghe An, lack of biological products... To meet the requirements, doctors and technicians have to work day and night without stopping.

Doctor Bui Thu Thuy - Head of the Testing Department said: “In the past and now, the staff and technicians of the room work hard day and night to keep up. Eating and resting at the department, everyone tries their best. Anti-epidemic clothing, gloves and masks are indispensable. Each time we take samples and do tests, it takes 8-9 hours, when we take off our clothes, we are drenched in sweat. After more than 1 year of fighting the epidemic, Nghe An province has tested nearly 36,000 samples, making it one of the localities with the most tests in the country. That is a very proud result, but very few people can know the hardship and pressure of the job".

Trung bình mỗi ngày, cán bộ xét nghiệmCDC Nghệ An phải mặc trang phục phòng hộ, quần quần làm việc nơi labo xét nghiệm từ 8-9 giờ. Ảnh: Thành Cường

On average, every day, CDC Nghe An testing staff must wear protective clothing and work hard in the testing lab for 8-9 hours. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In general, disease prevention and control, especially Covid-19, at CDC Nghe An, each staff member has a job and nothing is easy. Accompanying the rapid response team to screen, trace, test, and contact cases with clinical signs are also staff members of the Department of Communications. They have been, are, and are always ready to go into quarantine areas to closely monitor and report on developments in the epidemic situation. Ms. Pham Thi Hoa - Deputy Head of the Department of Communications (whose husband works far away) sometimes had to leave her two young children at home for 2-3 days, the children took care of each other so that their mother could join in the epidemic prevention activities.

Cán bộ truyền thông CDC Nghệ An vẫn thường xuyên đi vào khu vực cách ly để bám sát, phản ánh các diễn biến tình hình dịch. Ảnh: Thành Cường

CDC Nghe An communications staff regularly go to quarantine areas to closely monitor and report on developments in the epidemic situation. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Ms. Hoa shared: “In addition to filming and reporting on epidemic prevention and control activities, officers of the Department of Communications must also regularly grasp information about the epidemic on social networks, reports from press agencies, and reports from people, so that they can promptly advise leaders on propaganda and communication solutions that are focused and key in each stage. For example, in the current stage, in order to both fight the epidemic and develop the economy and society, it is necessary to propagate to people not to be subjective and negligent with the epidemic, but also not to be too panicked and overdo it.”

Bác sĩ Phạm Đình Du - Phó Giám đốc CDC Nghệ An cho hay: Chưa có ngày nào mà giám đốc, phó giám đốc nhận được ít hơn 100 cuộc gọi. Ảnh: Thành Cường

Doctor Pham Dinh Du - Deputy Director of CDC Nghe An said: There has never been a day when the director and deputy director received less than 100 calls related to Covid-19. Photo: Thanh Cuong

It must be said that all staff in the anti-epidemic department and position have been working at full capacity, really hard. The phones of the Director and Deputy Director of Nghe An CDC have not been allowed to be turned off or unreachable in the past year. Incoming calls about urgent news and hot news about cases of close contact with patients have been continuously coming in. Medical staff at the grassroots level and people have also continuously called to ask for advice on how to handle the situation. And after each incoming call, there will be more outgoing calls to manage, direct, and deploy tasks such as monitoring, testing, and ensuring resources to fight the epidemic.

“There has never been a day when the director or deputy director received less than 100 calls. There were times when we had to stand up 7-8 times to answer the phone, and by the time we returned, the food was cold...”

Doctor Pham Dinh Du - Deputy Director of CDC Nghe An

UNITY, EFFORTS FOR THE COMMUNITY

Cán bộ CDC Nghệ An thực hiện khai báo y tế cho các chuyên gia nước ngoài nhập cảnh vào Nghệ An làm việc. Ảnh: Thành Cường

Nghe An CDC staff carry out health declarations for foreign experts entering Nghe An to work. Photo: Thanh Cuong

In the early stages, the Covid-19 prevention and control activities in Nghe An province were extremely difficult due to the lack of machines, testing reagents, and resources. How to respond well to the epidemic prevention and control work, while ensuring compliance with legal regulations; how to deploy synchronously and promptly respond to emergency situations... was not simple. The pressure on the leaders was enormous. This made them not allowed to be negligent for a moment and "no leave, no day off, no Tet holiday".

Lãnh đạo tỉnh, Sở Y tế, CDC Nghệ An kiểm tra phương án phòng chống dịch ở cơ sở y tế. Ảnh: Thanh Hoa

Provincial leaders, Department of Health, CDC Nghe An inspect epidemic prevention and control plans at medical facilities. Photo: Thanh Hoa

The risk of the Covid-19 pandemic is imminent, CDC Nghe An officials who have been working hard to prevent and control the epidemic at the grassroots level have quickly identified their responsibilities and voluntarily jumped into the work. Each doctor and medical staff clearly identified the need to do a good job of investigation, tracing, monitoring, and isolation, and at the same time, take early samples to test, so as not to let the epidemic affect people's lives. It can be said that, over the past year, they have worked day and night, making every effort to do well the assigned tasks, clearly demonstrating their "heart for the profession" and their affection and responsibility for the community.

It was hard work, but no one at the center complained or said they couldn't do it. Everyone made an effort, voluntarily, united, and unanimously fought the epidemic."

Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of CDC Nghe An

Chủ tịch UBND tỉnh Nghệ An kiểm tra, đánh giá coa hoạt động phòng lapo xét nghiệm, CDC Nghệ An. Ảnh: Thanh Hoa

Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee inspects and evaluates the activities of the lab testing room, CDC Nghe An. Photo: Thanh Hoa

CDC Nghe An is only over 1 year old (after merging from 6 preventive medical units in the province), but with the efforts of the medical staff, it has shown its role and position on the front line of disease prevention and control in the locality. In addition to disease prevention and control, CDC Nghe An also undertakes many other tasks such as: Disease control; prevention and control of non-communicable diseases; nutrition; environmental health and school health; occupational diseases, HIV/AIDS prevention and control; malaria, parasites, insects prevention and control; health education and communication; reproductive health care... All of these silent jobs, none of them are easy.

Lãnh đạo CDC Nghệ An kiểm tra, đôn đốc công tác phòng chống, điều trị dịch bệnh sốt xuất huyết ở Diễn Châu. Ảnh: Thành Chung

Leaders of Nghe An CDC inspect and urge the prevention, control and treatment of dengue fever in Dien Chau district. Photo: Thanh Chung

Medical staff at CDC Nghe An still silently carry out their disease control tasks day and night without thinking about the successes and honors that follow. If a doctor or nurse works at a treatment facility, the results of their work are often shown immediately after that, such as patients recovering quickly and surgeries being successful; while the results of those working in disease prevention can only be counted after about 1-2 years, or even 10-15 years. They are still happy because of that silent "prevention is better than cure"; happy with the heart for the profession, because they have brought economic and social efficiency, peace to the people... and then confidently entered the epidemic area.

People who silently and steadily enter the epidemic area

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