Private hospitals join the fight in Wuhan

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Earlier this month, 64 doctors and nurses from Meinian One-Health's branches in Hubei joined front-line hospitals in the province to treat patients.

Doctors and nurses from other private medical institutions－such as Huainan Eastern Hospital Group and Huangshan Shoukang Hospital, both in Anhui province, and Shenyang Xinglin Medical Group in Liaoning province－arrived in Wuhan recently, bringing rich experience in fields such as respirators, critical care medicine and infectious diseases.

"We won't relax our efforts to organize the medical workers who come to aid Wuhan until this outbreak is over," said Shi Lingzhi, chairman of Shenyang Xinglin.

Zhai said Meinian OneHealth explored all its resources to obtain protective equipment from home and abroad for the medical professionals, and finally purchased products from Japan and New Zealand just as supplies were running low.

"Not only have the doctors and nurses devoted themselves to the fight against the virus, but people from other departments in our company, such as marketing and administration, have done the same," Zhai said.

In addition to repeatedly practicing putting on and taking off the protective medical suits, Qiao and her colleagues were divided into groups to receive training about safety protection, be vaccinated to boost their immunity and get their hair cut to make it more convenient to don protective clothing when working.

Qiao had her long hair cut into a boyish crop. "Right now, safety is more important than looking pretty," she said.