Changjiang Daily, the newspaper under the Wuhan Party Committee, represented that Dr. Zhang Xijian first reported the pneumonia cases to her hospital leadership and then to the Hubei and Wuhan Health Commissions, which then took proper actions.
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection website republished the story.
According to this story, Dr. Zhang works at the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine (TCM-WM) Integrated Hospital.
- On December 26, 2019, Dr. Zhang encountered four patients with pneumonia that was different from other viral pneumonia.
- On December 27, she reported the cases to the hospital leadership. The hospital immediately reported the cases to the Jianghan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Wuhan City.
- On December 28 and 29, the hospital received three more patients. Out of the seven cases, four were linked to the South China Seafood market. Dr. Zhang reported to the hospital leadership again and suggested that there be a joint diagnosis involving multiple departments of the hospital.
- On December 29, the hospital held a joint diagnosis. They also found two more similar cases at Tongji Hospital and Wuhan Union Hospital, also linked to the South China Seafood Market. So the hospital reported the cases to both the Hubei Provincial Health Commission and the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission.
- On December 29, both the Hubei and the Wuhan Health Commissions immediately responded, requesting the Wuhan CDC, the Jianghan District CDC, and the Jinyintan Hospital that is specialized in treating infectious diseases go to the TCM-WM Integrated Hospital.
- On the evening of December 29, Jinyintan Hospital came and transferred six patients over. One patient refused to go, so he stayed with Dr. Zhang and was cured and released on January 7.
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