CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- What should Chongqing citizens do when going out for medical treatment recently? During the 140th press conference on the prevention and control of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chongqing held on November 15, Xu Ping, secretary of the Party Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical College, gave us some tips.

》You can make an appointment to visit an outpatient clinic

Take the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical College for example: citizens can make an appointment through the WeChat official account of the "重医一院" (First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical College), or by calling 96320 or 4006219120. You can arrive at the hospital half an hour before your scheduled time to get a service number.

》Critical patients should be given treatment first whether they have a valid negative nucleic acid test result or not

Citizens should hold a 48-hour valid negative nucleic acid test result when they visit a general outpatient clinic, and a 24-hour valid negative nucleic acid test result if they need to be hospitalized.

Xu Ping also stressed, "if there are patients with acute and critical diseases, we will lead them to the ‘green channel’ and give treatment to them first whether they have a valid negative nucleic acid test result or not.”

》Special patients should visit a fever clinic

If a patient has symptoms such as fever, dry cough, and fatigue, or a history of living in the epidemic-stricken areas, he or she should visit a fever clinic in the hospital. The fever clinic of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical College is accessible for 24 hours every day.

》Online consultation and prescriptions are available

Xu Ping said that many hospitals, including the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical College, have an “online hospital”, where citizens can consult on their problems and take a prescription. Recently, more than 2,000 citizens visited and consulted through the "重医一院互联网医院" (Online Hospital of the First Hospital of Chongqing Medical College), and more than 400 of them got their medicine by express. (Translated by Cai Xinyu, Fathom Language Limited)