China urgently needs to establish a disaster medical rescue system

At present, the construction of emergency medical rescue bases has been included in the draft of the “12th Five-Year Plan” for the development of Chinese health services. During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, China will build a national, provincial, and municipal level three-level emergency medical rescue network to respond to Future challenges protect the health and safety of the public.

The reporter learned from the emergency office of the Ministry of Health on the 23rd that China has a vast territory and frequent natural disasters. It is one of the few countries in the world with the most serious natural disaster losses. With the sustained and rapid development of China’s economy and the significant increase in population and domestic resource mobility, these have greatly increased the risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases in China, coupled with sudden public events and the threat of terrorist extremist forces, making China’s disaster medical emergency response. Work is faced with complex situations and severe challenges.

At present, the Ministry of Health has incorporated hygiene emergency personnel training into the “Inadequate Talent Development Project” in the “Medium-and-long-term Talent Development Plan for Medicine (2011-2020)”. It plans to train 35,000 people by 2015 and 100,000 people by 2020. . Liang Wannian, director of the emergency department of the Ministry of Health, stated that such a large-scale talent training program requires not only the input and promotion of government departments, but also the participation of all sectors of society.

According to reports, the "China's First Disaster Medical Education and Training Forum" initiated by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and supported by the CERT Emergency Rescue Training Center of China's first professional emergency rescue training organization was held in Beijing on the 22nd. The summit forum aims to strengthen China's disaster prevention education, promote the establishment of emergency response systems, and promote the construction of China's emergency response team. Vice Minister of Health Liu Qian and many experts from China and the United Kingdom, Oxford University, and Cambridge University in the UK attended the meeting and delivered speeches.