COVID-19疫情時代衛福部區域醫院如何扮演全方位應變醫院的角色－－屏東醫院2022年防疫實務經驗分享與展望

How A Regional Hospital of Ministry of Health and Welfare Plays the Role of All-round Response Hospital in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era-Pingtung Hospital’s Practical Experience Sharing and Prospect of Epidemic Prevention in 2022

衛生福利部屏東醫院為南台灣之區域教學醫院，肩負傳染病防治醫療網高屏網區應變醫院之公衛任務。在COVID-19疫情肆虐全球期間，本院接受中央疫情指揮中心調度，動員全院人力投入防疫，開設3間加強型集中檢疫所，收治輕症個案以避免醫療體系崩潰。多次設立社區篩檢站以及大規模疫苗接種站，並前進校園及長照機構進行疫苗接種。在疫情最嚴峻的2022年，本院急診COVID-19就醫達5,088人次，院內共收住885位確診病人，為有效紓解急診負荷，增開戶外防疫門診以及提供視訊診療，擴大防疫量能。並投入50位醫師及75位護理人員進入專責病房照護確診病患。藉由科學數據，靈活調控全院及附設護家和四個日照中心的防疫措施，得以維護醫療量能，發揮防疫全方位應變醫院的角色。

Pingtung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, a regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan, is responsible for the public health mission as a primary response hospital in the Kao-Ping District of the infectious disease healthcare network of Taiwan CDC(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). While the outbreak of COVID-19 globally, the whole hospital was mobilized to epidemic prevention, and rapidly deployed 3 advanced quarantine facilities for mild cases to prevent the medical system from collapse. Community screening stations and large-scale vaccination stations have been set up simultaneously, and vaccinations have been launched on campuses and long-term care facilities. In 2022, when the epidemic was severe in Taiwan, 5,088 patients visited the emergency department for COVID-19, and a total of 885 COVID-19 positive patients were admitted in the hospital. In order to effectively relieve the heavy burden of emergency department, we deployed more outdoor epidemic prevention clinics and provided telemedicine to expand the capacity of epidemic prevention. A total of 50 doctors and 75 nurses of the hospital were dedicated to isolation wards for the Covid-19 positive patients. With utilization of scientific data and flexible prevention measures, Pingtung Hospital has maintained the medical capacity and successfully played an all-round response hospital in the era of COVID-19 pandemic.