At 10:30 a.m. on November 1, a warm and wonderful “flash mob” show was staged in the urban square of Tianhe’s Village, with nearly 100 medical staff and patients from the Sixth Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, the largest inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment department in China. Nearly 100 medical staff and patients from the “Always in the Heart” patient association sang and danced here, attracting the attention of many neighbors.
At 9:30 a.m., some speakers were placed in the middle area of Tianhe City Square, which was strange, because there would be some kind of performance today. IBD boy XiaoHaoWen together, walked towards the center of the square and sang softly: “In my heart there was a dream, to make you forget all the pain with songs ……” At this time, a dozen passing “pedestrians “They shook hands with each other and sang their hearts out along with the music, while other doctors, nurses, patients, volunteers and real liberation arrived one after another to gradually form a heart-shaped pattern.
The band team formed by the medical and nursing staff of Zhongshan Sixth Hospital and IBD patients sang the popular “Red Sun”, in which the 7-year-old drummer Xiao Yi, as a family member of the medical and nursing staff, participated in the event and aroused the most enthusiastic and cheerful voices, and his professional performance added a lot of color to the event. More and more patients came and surrounded the hall, taking photos, videos, tweeting and posting to friends. …… band team brought the famous song “Little Apple” next, which made the neighbors happy to participate in the dance together. Finally, the flash mob ended slowly in a warm song “Love each other as a family”, and the participating medical and nursing staffs hugged the patients deeply, which was a very moving scene.
The whole “flash mob” lasted for about 20 minutes, when “Beat IBD Together”, “People with Dreams”, “True Heroes “When these five slogans were raised, they showed the attitude of the “Always in the Heart” patient association. attitude. At this point, the music stopped, the singing and dancing crowd quickly disappeared, and the square immediately returned to normal. However, the excitement of the people did not stop. Onlookers in the neighborhood have “praise”, “the original doctor so cute”, “feel very warm”, “feel with the hospital is a family “The event’s sponsor, Associate Professor Zhi Min, said
Associate Professor Zhi Min, the initiator of the event, said that in recent years, IBD, which is known as “green cancer”, is taking over people’s lives, and its impact on patients is all-round, not only in terms of illness, economy, but also the more important psychological factors. Through this kind of activity, we call on the community to pay attention and care to IBD, and enhance the confidence of patients to fight against the disease. With the help of Zhongshan Sixth Hospital, through the media and schools, Xiao Haowen raised nearly 200,000 yuan and had a successful surgery. Malnutrition has also been significantly improved, a happy smile has been hanging on his face.
Min also pointed out that in Zhejiang and Shenzhen, some IBD drugs have entered the medical insurance catalog, with reimbursement rates as high as 70%, but Guangzhou and most areas are still unable to implement the policy, which has indeed brought a heavy financial burden to some IBD patients.
Tips: What is inflammatory bowel disease? It includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Crohn’s disease can affect all parts of the digestive tract, from the mouth to the anus, and the lesions can involve the entire intestinal tract, and the diseased intestine can alternate with the normal healthy intestine. In ulcerative colitis, the effects are often confined to the colon (large intestine) and there is no normal intestinal tissue between the diseased bowel segments. The global incidence is 149 per 100,000 and the majority of the population is young adults aged 15-35 years.