On February 25, Mr. Song, an 82-year-old retired professor from Wuhan, suffered a sudden cerebral infarction while traveling with his family in Cambodia. His family chartered a plane to send him to a hospital in Thailand for resuscitation, where he underwent open-heart surgery at a Bangkok hospital. China and Thailand's medical, civil aviation, transportation and other departments of special affairs, for its return to the follow-up treatment teamed up to open a smooth and unimpeded life emergency channel, March 8, Mr. Song's family spent more than 400,000 yuan to charter a medical aircraft, will be sent back to Wuhan City, three hospitals for treatment.
March 9, three hospital staff revealed that the professor's family and the hospital neurosurgery chief physician Gong Nianchun is an old friend for more than 20 years. 20 years ago, Gong Nianchun cure his daughter-in-law's disease; this time, the family named Dr. Gong Nianchun to treat.
The 82-year-old Mr. Song is a retired professor at China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). February 21 this year, he and his partner, son, daughter-in-law, grandson, a family of five, with the tour group to Southeast Asia. the night of February 25, in a hotel in Cambodia, the 21-year-old grandson found Mr. Song sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, hands can not be moved, the mouth can not speak.
Family members immediately sent Mr. Song to a local hospital, where he was initially diagnosed with a severe cerebral infarction. Due to the limited medical conditions, the doctor recommended that Mr. Song be transferred to a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.
The family decided that no matter how much money was spent, Mr. Song had to be resuscitated. They decided to charter a plane to Thailand. That night, Mr. Song was sent to Bangkok Hospital in Thailand.
The Bangkok hospital immediately resuscitated Mr. Song. The doctors found that Mr. Song's middle cerebral artery was occluded, and his left hemisphere was infarcted in a large area, with severe edema in the brain and a sharp increase in intracranial pressure. on February 26, the doctors performed a craniotomy on Mr. Song, which went smoothly. After the operation, Mr. Song was admitted to the ICU ward, the daily cost of several tens of thousands of yuan.
As Mr. Song traveled abroad, he did not buy insurance for himself, so he had to pay for his own medical expenses and chartered flights abroad.
Mr. Song's family told his relatives at home, entrusted them to find the neurosurgeon of Wuhan Third Hospital, Gong Nianchun, director of neurosurgery, because the family and Gong Nianchun is an old friend of more than 20 years. 20 years ago, Gong Nianchun cured Mr. Song's daughter-in-law's disease, won the family's trust, "this big thing, I hope to listen to Dr. Gong's advice! ".
The family would like to transfer Mr. Song back to Wuhan Third Hospital for follow-up treatment, and named Dr. Gong Nianchun as Mr. Song's attending physician.
Dr. Gong Nianchun, 66, is the founder of the neurosurgery department at Wuhan No. 3 Hospital and a professor at WUMC.
March 9, Dr. Gong Nianchun introduced, in Bangkok, Thailand, under the careful treatment of the hospital, Mr. Song's condition stabilized, the hospital agreed to transfer the old man back to China for treatment at the appropriate time, but the need for the two countries and Thailand, a number of departments to cooperate and complete a series of procedures.
Wuhan three hospital staff and Bangkok, Thailand hospital staff, after many rounds of consultation, on how to send the old man back to China reached an agreement. China and Thailand's civil aviation and transportation departments also give great support, "can be described as a green light all the way."
The special medical plane that sent Mr. Song back to China took off from Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport at noon on March 8 and arrived at Wuhan Tianhe Airport at about 4:50 p.m. that day.
The specialized medical plane is a twin-engine turbofan-engine jet, equipped with a variety of advanced medical equipment and Thai medical professionals.
The ambulance from the third hospital had been waiting for a long time. The airport opened a green channel for the two countries to transport Mr. Song's medical staff. The ambulance picked up the patient and sped along.
The ambulance arrived at the three hospitals, and after completing all the handover procedures, the Thai medical personnel were sent on their way back.
The family said that Mr. Song is 82 years old and it is inconvenient to treat him abroad. It is impossible for the family to stay in Thailand for a long time, and the treatment cost is really high. The medical fee for more than 10 days is nearly 500,000 yuan, plus the charter fee of more than 400,000 yuan, costing about 1 million yuan before and after. What's more, the whole family believes in the level and technology of the Chinese domestic doctors, especially the old friend Dr. Gong Nianchun.
Dr. Gong Nianchun said that at present, Mr. Song is still in a coma, but his hands and legs have been able to move, "the possibility of him regaining consciousness is very high."
At present, the rehabilitation doctor of Wuhan Third Hospital massages Mr. Song every day for rehabilitation treatment, and the nutritionist prepares nutritional meals suitable for consumption.
21 years ago, Mr. Song's daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby boy by Caesarean section. But the postoperative wounds do not heal for a long time, and the legs can not move and other symptoms, a number of hospitals have not found the cause of the disease. Mr. Song found Dr. Gong Nianchun through a friend.
Gong Nianchun said, that year, he received Mr. Song's request for help information, personally door to door to understand the situation, after communication, he suspected that Mr. Song's daughter-in-law's lumbar spine nerve damage, suggesting that the nuclear **** vibration check, "At that time, only the Liyuan Hospital and other a handful of hospitals have nuclear **** vibration check equipment." Sure enough, the test results show that his daughter-in-law lumbar spinal canal there is a slightly larger than a quail egg benign fibrous tumor, the tumor on the legs of the nerve formation of compression, resulting in weakness in the legs.
Gong Nianchun personally did the fibroid removal surgery. 4 months later, Mr. Song's daughter-in-law went to work. Since then, Mr. Song's family and Gong Nianchun become good friends. Wuhan City, three hospital staff, Gong Nianchun has been retired 6 years ago, is now being rehired by the hospital.