Ensure the health needs of ＂one old and one young＂, increase the supply of medical services and do our best to meet the needs of diagnosis and treatment.

　　CCTV News:Recently, the epidemic period of respiratory diseases in winter has been superimposed in many places across the country, and the demand for medical and health services for urban and rural residents, especially children, has increased significantly. The National Health and Wellness Commission recently issued a notice, requiring local grassroots medical and health institutions to provide health services for respiratory diseases in winter and spring, and do everything possible to tap resources to carry out pediatric diagnosis and treatment services.

　　The "Notice" requires that grassroots medical and health institutions in all localities should be fully open to children, and should not refuse medical treatment, and timely release the list of grassroots medical and health institutions providing pediatric services in their jurisdictions. In urban community health service centers with large service demand, the pediatric diagnosis and treatment service will be delayed for 1-3 hours on weekdays, or the service hours will be increased on Saturdays and Sundays as appropriate. Township hospitals, community health service centers and community hospitals that meet the recommended standards of service capacity should take the lead in building independent pediatric clinics.

　　All localities should establish cooperation, counterpart support and referral mechanisms between general hospitals and primary medical and health institutions under their jurisdiction, and determine the pediatric docking of a general hospital for community health service centers and township hospitals. Arrange doctors with intermediate or sub-high titles to visit primary medical and health institutions, strengthen the teaching training for primary medical staff, and especially help improve the service capabilities of pediatric emergency first aid, early identification of severe children, and pediatric venipuncture.

　　General hospitals should reserve a certain proportion of outpatient number sources to give priority to primary medical and health institutions. Smooth referral channels, guide mild children to give priority to primary medical and health institutions, and refer them to primary medical and health institutions for follow-up treatment if there is a clear diagnosis and stable treatment in general hospitals. Guide the children to the nearest primary medical and health institutions for follow-up, and the general hospital will arrange special personnel to provide telemedicine or online consultation services.

　　Give full play to the role of family doctors, do a good job in health management services for key populations, and ensure the health needs of "one old and one small". Grassroots medical and health institutions should keep the fever clinic "fully set up and fully open", equip the grassroots medical and health institutions with necessary facilities and equipment such as thermometers and children’s atomizing machines (children’s masks), and equip them with necessary drugs such as antibiotics, antiviral drugs, cough-relieving and expectorant drugs suitable for children.