"Our children will have a new lease on life!On December 26, 1 year and 2 month old Kun Bao (pseudonym) was about to be discharged from the hospital in the arms of his family.
On December 22, the first batch of approved devices for the "Hong Kong and Macao Medicines and Medical Devices Pass" in Shenzhen, Cochlear CI632 cochlear implants (cochlear implants and sound processors), arrived at Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone Hospital (hereinafter referred to as "Free Trade Zone Hospital") and put into clinical use, benefiting 3 infants, 1 child and 1 adult patient.
The cochlear implant is currently the world's most advanced sixth-generation electronic cochlear implant, which has the advantages of compatible with nuclear magnetic resonance, extremely fine curved electrodes, and small incision, and is a revolutionary technology in the field of auditory implantation.
Kunbao, a young child from Hani nationality from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, was the first patient in Shenzhen to undergo this cochlear implant. When he was born, Kunbao did not pass the hearing screening of the local medical institution, and did not pass the 42-day re-examination, and then went to the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University for treatment, and was diagnosed with congenital preverbal deafness. Kunbao's parents couldn't believe it, so they took him to the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University for treatment, and the doctor recommended that the child be implanted with a cochlear implant as soon as possible. In May this year, Kunbao's parents learned that Colier CI632 cochlear implants were expected to be introduced to the mainland of the Greater Bay Area through the "Hong Kong and Macau Medical Device Connect", so they began to wait. On December 20, they immediately set off from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, to Shenzhen, about 2,000 kilometers away, after receiving the notice of surgery.
During the operation, both artificial ear sockets were successfully implanted, and the electrodes were monitored well during the operation. In about a month, he will be turning on the extracorporeal sound processor – which means that he will hear the call of his parents and the voices of the outside world for the first time. Kunbao's father couldn't help but reddened his eyes as he imagined his son could hear the voice.
Since the implementation of the "Hong Kong and Macao Medicines and Medical Devices Connect" policy, it has brought international new drugs and advanced medical devices, behind which is the hope that families have been ignited and the fate of patients has ushered in a turning point.
The patient's family sent a pennant to the hospital.
40 days, 2000 km.
It's all worth it!”
Benben (pseudonym) in Chengdu, Sichuan Province also came from afar.
In September this year, two-year-old Benben was diagnosed with severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears, which was completely unexpected by the family. "He passed the hearing screening after he was born, and he usually responds quickly to the commands of his limbs, and he can also make 'ah' and 'oh' sounds, and we don't think about this at all. Benben's mother recalls that it wasn't until he was two years old that his family began to seek a check-up**.
After diagnosis, local experts recommend cochlear implants as soon as possible. Benben's parents did their homework and learned that there were more advanced products in Shanghai, so they took Benben to Shanghai for surgery with their grandmother. In order to prevent the child from contracting the flu and affecting the operation, they decided to drive there and take care of them all the way.
The day before the scheduled surgery day, Benben's family drove to Wuhan. On this day, they learned that the hospital in the free trade zone had been approved by the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Administration to import the world's most advanced CI632 cochlear implant, and immediately decided to go south. "Because this cochlear is not compatible with electromagnetism, if the child needs to have an MRI in the future, it can be done without being affected. Obviously, it's also a kind of fate, if it's a little later, maybe we can't wait for it, it must be a big pity. I would like to thank the country's Hong Kong and Macao drug and device policy, thank you**, not sooner or later, we just caught up. Benben's father said. After traveling more than 2,000 kilometers and living in Shenzhen for more than 40 days, the Benben family looked forward to the scene they were looking forward to - the operation went smoothly.
The patient's family sent a pennant to the hospital.
Before the age of 3 years is a critical period for auditory and speech development. Therefore, 1-3 years is the first age for cochlear implantation. Professor Luo Renzhong of Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, chief surgeon of Benben surgery, said that he has rich experience in cochlear implantation for children. "For Benben, it is undoubtedly fortunate to have the most advanced equipment at the age of **. ”
In line with international advanced technology.
Enjoy "world-class" at your doorstep
Mr. Zhang (pseudonym), a 27-year-old native from Shenzhen, is a beneficiary of a cochlear implant, having a cochlear implant in his right ear around the age of 3 and is now able to communicate normally. This time, he implanted a CI632 cochlear implant in his left ear, which will establish a three-dimensional sense of hearing and improve speech recognition in noisy environments.
He is also the only adult in this group of patients, and he usually pays close attention to the development of cochlear implant technology, and has a lot of knowledge about the various models and features. "This time, I can enjoy the world's most advanced equipment at my doorstep, which brings me great convenience. Mr. Zhang said.
Every patient who comes to implant carries a thick stack of cases, and they have often seen a round of cases in well-known hospitals and well-known experts in the country, and their families have become experts in this area, and they know the advantages and disadvantages of various types of cochlear implants. As family members, they hope to have a cochlear implant that is currently the most advanced in the world, and in the past, if they wanted to get a CI632 cochlear implant, the nearest place was Hong Kong. Compared to today, the time, effort and money spent are all another order of magnitude. Chen Lei, deputy chief physician of the Department of Otolaryngology, introduced that now, after the introduction of the cochlea through the "Hong Kong and Macao Medical Device Pass", not only is the space closer, but the cost of surgery can also be used for medical insurance, according to provincial policies, some patients who meet the standards can also reimburse a certain proportion of the cost of the instrument, enjoy advanced technology at the same time, but also effectively reduce the burden on the patient's family.
Eight-month-old Donkey Kong Jr. is the youngest of the beneficiaries of this group of patients.
Xiao Jingang (pseudonym) from Hebei Province is only 8 months old and is the youngest of the beneficiaries of this group of patients. "The youngest patient in this batch of surgeries is only 8 months old and weighs less than 9 kilograms, which belongs to the category of infant anesthesia, and the risk is relatively high. Yang Yuhua, an anesthesiologist at the Free Trade Zone Hospital, said that they had made sufficient preparations before the operation, including multidisciplinary consultation, and the "three engineering teams in Beijing" provided remote guidance and communicated with experts from the Provincial Women's and Children's Hospital, the Provincial People's Hospital, and the Shenzhen Children's Hospital.
We are very pleased that the patients are doing well during the operation and the postoperative conditions are relatively fast. Yang said, "In the future, there may be more and more surgeries in this area, and we are becoming more and more confident and experienced." ”
Doctors prepare for surgery.
Luo Xudong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone Hospital, introduced that the whole process of CI632 cochlear implant from submitting the application to obtaining approval and speeding up the implementation was very smooth, which greatly ensured that these patients entered the sound world earlier. In February this year, the hospital was successfully approved to be included in the second batch of designated medical institutions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Up to now, the hospital has introduced 2 kinds of Hong Kong and Macao drugs and 4 kinds of Hong Kong and Macao devices in each batch, and 6 kinds have been put into clinical use. In the next stage, the hospital plans to declare a total of 7 drugs and 3 devices. He stressed that at present, the hospital is building an "integrated international medical and health service system", "Hong Kong and Macao Medicine and Medical Device Pass" is an important part of the system, we hope that through such an innovative medical mall platform, attract outstanding doctors from all over the country and the world, and establish a "five doctors" linkage with Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and zero distance from the world, so that people can use the world's most advanced drugs and equipment in Shenzhen, and bring the most practical convenience to these patients across the country.
Written by] Liu Qianxi.
Correspondent] Wang Fei.
Author] *Southern Press Media Group South + client.