On January 29, according to the People's Hospital of Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, recently, the hospital was awarded the title of "Memory Prevention and Control Center Construction Unit of Cognitive Impairment Disease Specialty Capacity Building Project" by the Capacity Building and Continuing Education Center of the National Health Commission. The landing of the national brand signboard marks that the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment diseases in Changxing County People's Hospital has reached the national standardization, homogeneity and standardization level.
Driven by the medical alliance of the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University, the current department has very mature diagnostic methods and methods for cognitive impairment, and with the continuous introduction of new methods and new drugs, it has brought more possibilities to patients with cognitive impairment. We hope that by continuously establishing and improving the diagnosis and treatment system of the Center for Dementia, we will try our best to meet the needs of specialist patients in Changxing and the surrounding areas, and provide disciplinary strength to cope with the aging population. On January 31, Su Jun, chief physician of the Department of Neurology of Changxing County People's Hospital, told the People's ** Health Client reporter.
The construction unit of the Memory Disorder Prevention and Treatment Center was awarded. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
According to the Chinese Expert Consensus on Cardiovascular Diseases and Cognitive Impairment, the overall prevalence of dementia in people over 60 years old in China is 60%, about 15.07 million people with dementia; The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment is 155%, about 38.77 million, patients may be incapacitated, putting a heavy burden on society and families. "I didn't expect to be able to see the memory clinic in the county, my mother has been a little unremembered since December last year, a check is moderate Alzheimer's disease, to the hospital to prescribe medicine, now every day to do the daily training explained by the doctor, I feel that my mother is much better. Chen Ting (pseudonym) said.
On January 31, in the neurology clinic of Changxing County People's Hospital, Su Jun was treating patients with dementia. Photo courtesy of the interviewee.
According to Su Jun, in order to meet the medical needs of patients, the hospital has opened a memory clinic since 2017, and then successively set up a cognitive ward, a neuropsychological assessment room and a neurological room, and formed a mature cognitive disorder diagnosis and treatment team. At present, for cognitive impairment diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Parkinson's dementia, intracranial infection, traumatic brain injury, cerebral atrophy and other diseases, the center can carry out individualized, standardized and characteristic diagnosis and treatment models according to the specific conditions of different patients at different times.
The construction unit of the Memory Disorder Prevention and Treatment Center has landed in Changxing County People's Hospital and will continue to empower the construction of hospital specialties. Su Jun said that at present, the hospital has been preparing to further decorate the cognitive ward to provide patients with a better diagnosis and treatment environment.