Wuhan pneumonia 0322 "Don't let fear break up the community!" The small town of Xingang is moving to strengthen the epidemic prevention effectiveness of the elderly community.

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The novel coronavirus (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) epidemic broke out rapidly in March in Europe and the United States. with the pressure of epidemic prevention brought by the influx of people returning home, the number of confirmed cases in Taiwan has exceeded triple digits since last Wednesday, social panic has spread, and supermarkets have seen people queue up to buy the necessities of people's livelihood.

Chen Jinhuang, a former chief executive of the 921 Reconstruction Committee and a doctor in Xingang, cited the experience of the September 21 earthquake as an example. The epidemic crisis, like many large-scale disasters, caused a large number of casualties and social panic, and it is not enough to rely on the government and medical professionals alone. He called on: "the activities of many communities are temporarily suspended, but in times of crisis, communities should give full play to the function of a community of life and take the initiative to prevent epidemic in the community." To provide the strength to calm the hearts and minds of society. "

Take the local self-government as the unit, set up the community epidemic prevention committee, let the grass-roots doctors play the role of community epidemic prevention.

"the experience of September 21 tells me that in the face of large-scale disasters, the power of the government is limited, and the mobilization of non-governmental forces by the community can be implemented in the lives of the people." Chen Jinhuang said that a few days ago, the sudden rise in the number of confirmed cases in Taiwan caused social panic, the emergence of people hoarding food, and the rush to buy food from supermarkets in a grain-producing area like Xingang, which made him sigh.

Chen Jinhuang suggested that it may be possible for local self-governments to set up community epidemic prevention committees, with public departments, doctors, schools, community organizations, and local associations to set up platforms to face crises and solve problems together, so as to avoid the spread of panic and reduce the occurrence of unnecessary problems.

Don't let fear break up the community, let grass-roots doctors play the role of community epidemic prevention.

Chen Jinhuang says that now there are people who do not know where they are, who regard people who are quarantined and quarantined at home as sick, causing misgivings and hostility. At present, people in Southeast Asia, Chinese mainland, and even the families of medical workers are easily stigmatized. They are all regarded as dangerous groups and deliberately alienated.

As front-line doctors at the grass-roots level, they do not know how much information there is about home quarantine and home quarantine, not to mention that local people can only grasp the local epidemic situation through word of mouth. Chen Chin-Huang believes that the professional ethics and legal constraints of doctors have the obligation to keep information conservative, and grass-roots doctors should be given information about the epidemic in order to grasp the situation.

Chen Jinhuang said: "this emerging virus is even more frightening because it is contagious even if it is asymptomatic and has no fever. In the case of opaque local epidemics, as a front-line primary physician, not knowing where he is is not only not conducive to prevention, but may also be exposed to risks.