At 8 o’clock yesterday morning, when some patients went to Fuzhou infectious disease hospital, they found that the original convenience clinic window had been closed. According to the notice posted on the window, from March 31, the service time of the convenience clinic will be 7:00-8:00 a.m. from Monday to Saturday (not arranged on legal holidays), and the resident doctors will take turns to attend the clinic, provide services for issuing inspection and checklist. If there are medical treatment behaviors such as prescription, consultation, inspection results, etc., it is recommended to go to the corresponding specialist on the second floor of the outpatient service. Convenience outpatient adjustment, some elderly patients feel some inconvenience.
“I think the registration fee is expensive. In the past, the outpatient examination fee for Convenience clinics was 6 yuan, but now the examination fee for the director upstairs is 25 yuan. I am hepatitis B patients have to go to outpatient service four times a month, which costs 100 yuan. The annual examination fee is more than 1,000 yuan. I am retirees have low wages and the examination fee is a burden.” The patient Lao Ye said that he hoped that the convenience clinic would continue to open, so it was convenient to see a doctor.
It is reported that Fuzhou infectious disease hospital has opened convenient outpatient service for many years. When some patients take the medicine, they can get the medicine by showing the hospital medical record. They do not need to wait in line or even make an appointment in the upstairs outpatient service, because the convenience clinic is located on the first floor, it is also convenient for some elderly patients.
So why stop the convenience clinic? “Some patients took the medicine for several years, ignored the specialized evaluation, and even had liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.” The chief of the medical department of infectious disease hospital said that the long-term standardized medical follow-up for patients with liver diseases should focus on standardizing the diagnosis and treatment behavior and improving the specialized disease assessment. Some patients only go to the convenience clinic for a long time to take medicine without detailed examination by doctors, which may lead to delays in illness. If drug resistance against hepatitis B virus cannot be found in time and liver cirrhosis can be identified in early stage, liver cancer, etc., for patients, there are great medical safety risks.
Chief Ke introduced that although no medicine was prescribed after the standardized adjustment of convenience clinic, measures for efficient services was still there, such as biochemical examination, liver function, hepatitis B virus load and so on. Orders can be opened at 7 a.m, the examination results can come out in the morning, while other large hospitals can come out the next day or even a few days. In addition, patients can choose the director, deputy director or attending physician for specialized diagnosis and treatment according to their own needs. (Haidu reporter Huang Yiwei)