During the epidemic, the government issued an oximeter to every family to facilitate better self-protection.
This way if people measured that there was a problem with their blood oxygen, they could go to the hospital for treatment at the first opportunity.
However, Ms. Chen said that her father measured the blood oxygen problem, but the hospital doctor told them to go home ......
What is this all about?
It turns out that on September 27, her father received a message from the Ministry of Health.
The message indicated that her dad might be a close contact of New Crown and needed to self-test for New Crown Rapid Test.
At that time, her dad and mom acted immediately and both performed the self-test and the results were positive.
Because her dad and mom were older, they did not know that they needed to submit their test results online after completing the self-test.
By the time they submitted their test results, it was already two days later.
The next day, they went to the clinic and had the PCR test performed.
On the same afternoon that the PCR test was performed, he developed respiratory distress ......
That's when the government-issued oximeter came in handy.
The results of her dad's test at that time were very bad, his blood oxygen concentration was only 88% only. This blood oxygen level is already quite dangerous.
So, her dad's family immediately called an ambulance.
According to her dad, in the ambulance, the paramedics administered oxygen to him.
After arriving at the hospital, her dad underwent another swab test and X-ray pictures.
After the test results came back, the paramedics said there was not much wrong with his body and he did not need to be hospitalized.
So, the frail dad was discharged from the hospital alone.
Fortunately, he met a kind driver when he took a taxi, and even though he knew he had the Neocoron virus, he pulled him all the way home with the windows open.
Back home Dad's condition did not improve.
The next day, he still had difficulty breathing and his blood oxygen even measured 83% ......
The family urged Dad to go to the hospital again, however, this time he was unwilling to go out.
The helpless Miss Chen went online for help, and finally, under the strong advice of the network, Miss Chen insisted on calling for an ambulance for her dad, so her dad went to that hospital again ......
This time, he was finally admitted to the isolation ward and began to receive treatment, the test results showed that: the lungs have been infected.
Miss Chen also finally breathed a sigh of relief, however, she has great opinions on the current procedures for handling confirmed patients and contacts, and she hopes that the officials will adjust in time so that a similar situation like her dad will not occur again.
The hospital also responded to Miss Chen's family's encounter.
The hospital said that the medical staff will examine the patient in detail during triage, and the party will arrange for the patient to be hospitalized if necessary.
Their handling process for Chen's father was fully in line with the regulations, but the hospital also understood the concerns of Miss Chen's family and contacted them to provide appropriate support for her father's recovery.