Jilin medics offer great help to Wuhan

More and more Jilin medics sent to assist Wuhan city in Central China’s Hubei province have recently been returning home in batches, after having made great contributions in fighting the novel coronavirus in the city, according to local officials.

Jilin province in Northeast China established a headquarters to assist Wuhan on Feb 14, whose members arrived in the city on Feb 15 to make comprehensive arrangements.

Jilin officials said that their province sent a total of 1,209 medical workers to assist Wuhan in 13 groups, who volunteered to help in six designated hospitals, three pop-up emergency hospitals and three centers for disease control and prevention.

Jilin medics received and gave treatment to 1,458 patients, including 474 critical patients.

Also, the province sent and dispatched 55 tons of medical materials to Wuhan, including protective clothing, medical protective face masks, medicinal alcohol and eye protectors.

A total of 36 temporary Party branches were established and 597 applied to join the Party during their assistance in Wuhan.