Facing the Challenges: Managing Surges of Severe COVID-19 Patients in Hospital

The COVID-19 pandemic has put extreme stress on the health care workforce in China, leading to workforce shortages as well as increased health care worker burnout, exhaustion and trauma since the Omicron surge in December 2022. Meanwhile, the case number of severely and critically ill patients with COVID-19 are high, especially the frail and vulnerable elderly patients and patients with underlying diseases.

Under the circumstances, how to make adequate preparation to avoid the situation of running out of medical supplies? How to optimize care process for these severely and critically ill patients? And what the future direction of COVID-19 pandemic and response strategies?

Since hospitals in Singopare, Hong Kong and many other countries and regions have experienced those challenges before, while hospitals in mainland China are working with those issues now, it will be great to share those experience and practice in coping with the impact of the pandemic, also, addressing these impacts as well as the underlying challenges can help us build a stronger and more resilient health care system of the future.

Hospitals Worldwide Webinar Series -CN healthcare(标清)

On January 14, 2023, CN-Healthcare, a leading health care media platform in China, and Hainan Boao Research Institute for Medical Innovation, a nationwide, non-profit and cooperative platform for medical innovation talents, jointly organized the Hospitals Worldwide Webinar Series on the theme of “Facing the Challenges: Coping with Surges of Severe COVID-19 Patients in Hospital” , hospital leaders and clinical experts in mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore shared their perspective and insights on this topic.

【Keynote Speech】

Moderator: Huan Xi(奚桓) Party Secretary of Beijing Hospital

Keynote Speakers:

Shawn Vasoo, Clinical Director at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) in Singapore, Senior Consultant in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Jie Qiao(喬傑) Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, President of Peking University Health Science Center, President of Peking University Third Hospital; Hong Fung(馮康) Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Professor of Practice in Health Services Management at the Jockey Club School of Public Health & Primary Care, CUHK

【Panel Discussion】

Moderator: Xinge Ma(馬辛格) Party Secretary of No.1 Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Panelists: Mingfeng Cao(曹銘鋒) Party Secretary of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University; Hui Han(韓輝) Vice President of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University; Qingquan Liu(劉清泉) President of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University; Yingjun Tan(譚映軍) President of the 8th Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital; Hong Wang(王洪) Party Secretary of Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital; Zongmao Zhao(趙宗茂) President of the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University

Link (Chinese): http://study.cn-healthcare.com/collegewap/7199