China Many Wuhan people are flocked to the quarantine area when signs of infection with corona virus occur, but are not cared for properly in a chaotic situation.

Chinese officials are intensifying their "pinch-to-squeeze" campaign to find and isolate those infected with corona virus in the Wuhan epidemic center, expanding the blockade network to at least two other cities in Hubei province. Hoang Cuong and Hieu Cam. The government calls this a "wartime" campaign with the ultimate goal of eradicating corona pneumonia (Covid-19).

Since it was first announced last week, the pinch-to-pin campaign in Wuhan has been faced with chaotic situations, leading many to accuse officials of quarantining patients who are already vulnerable to what is known as the Bad conditions, not fully cared for, even left to die.

The message "isolating all those who should be isolated" in Wuhan further deepens the unsettled sentiment nationwide.

In the spirit of high enthusiasm in the central government's efforts to carry out the directive, Wuhan officials sought both unconfirmed patients infected with the virus, some of whom were rushed onto buses without any means. Which protection measures, which increase the risk of infection, relatives of patients said.

After that, the patients are transferred to isolation centers renovated from designated stadiums, sports halls or hotels, but these facilities do not have the necessary support to help them recover. strong. Lack of dedicated medical staff, many people have died.

A woman was suddenly taken to a quarantine center without being able to bring with her heart medication and was not received from the dentist, the daughter-in-law said. A man said he felt increasingly weak when he was isolated in a hotel, but no doctor came to check him and he was not allowed to leave the room.

Another man was taken to a temporary isolation center and was in a coma for two days, but the family said that they could not take him to the hospital. Finally, he died.

The sudden increase in the number of new infections yesterday made the situation worse. Hubei provincial officials said they had changed the calculation, whereby clinical manifestations or clinically diagnosed cases of viral infections would be included in the new case data. This change led to a sharp increase in the number of new infections when the province recorded nearly 15,000 more infected, of which more than 13,000 were clinically diagnosed, and 242 died on February 13.

Today, Hubei recorded 4,823 new cases of corona virus and 116 deaths.

The sudden increase in the number of infections can put additional pressure on the health system, which is struggling due to the shortage of patient beds, staff and medical supplies. Many patients have been forgotten.

Peng Andong, 59, of Wuhan residents, had a fever and pneumonia for days before the neighborhood committee last week asked him to enter a temporary quarantine.

Peng and his family were informed that there would be doctors and testing equipment in the isolation area, so they would check and confirm his condition and treat him positively. So, on February 5, he agreed to board a bus full of ill people without proper protective gear, to go to a hotel converted into an isolation center.

A few days later, Peng texted his family members fairly regularly, updating the family about the situation inside the hotel.

"My father said things were really chaotic for the first few days, there were no food vendors or health workers there," said Peng Bangze, son Peng Andong. Others also described similar conditions in isolation centers through interviews and articles calling for help on social media.

Deng Chao, 30, said that although the doctors told him he was almost certainly infected with nCoV, he still had not received official test results for admission. Instead, he was transferred to a hotel in Wuhan and isolated for a week. Now, Deng feels weaker and harder to breathe than before. According to him, the guard is always on door at the hotel, preventing the isolated people from escaping. This place also has no medicine or doctor.

"It's like a prison", Deng said while coughing. "Please take me to the hospital, I need treatment. There is no one here to look after us."

The Chinese government has been speeding up gathering patients to temporary medical facilities in Wuhan since the beginning of the month when there was clear evidence that patients were spreading the virus to family members during home isolation.

Desperate officials rushed to devise a plan to transform stadiums, exhibition centers, hotels and schools into temporary health centers to accommodate thousands of people who have not been hospitalized.

Patients who test positive for nCoV but who show only mild symptoms will be placed in the same place. Suspected cases will be quarantined at hotels and schools requisitioned. Close contacts of patients infected with the virus and patients with symptoms of fever, most likely to be taken to separate facilities. Some patients with serious symptoms were referred to two newly built field hospitals.

Patients and family members also complain that they have not received adequate attention, especially in areas where patients need to be isolated and given special medical attention.

On February 8, two days after her husband was hospitalized for nCoV infection, Ma Xilian, 59, was informed by her doctor that she could also be infected, based on symptoms and a nested X-ray film. chest. She was immediately taken to an isolation center. She demanded to go home to take heart medication but was refused.

In an isolated room at the hotel, Ma said she has no doctors, medicine, not even drinking water.

"Where is the interest between people?", Her daughter-in-law wrote in a post for help on social networks.

Many people say that not getting medical care at temporary isolation centers only makes their condition worse.

Peng Bangze, Peng Andong's son, recalled his visit to his father on February 8 after a day of unable to contact him. He discovered his father had fallen into a coma and lay alone in the room.

Panicked, he called for help. When the ambulance arrived, both the driver and the hotel security officer refused to help him take his father to the car for fear of infection, Peng said. An hour later, he received a call to notify the hospital that there were no more beds and told him to take his father to the quarantine waiting area.

Two days later, the Peng family finally received a call from local officials to announce his father's bed was available. But when Peng went to the hotel to take his father to the hospital, he saw him lying face up in bed, not breathing.

Staff at the isolation facility above did not provide any explanation. They disinfect the room. Mr. Peng Andong's body was transferred to the cremation site. Peng cleaned up his father's things.

"I don't understand how this could happen," he said. "It only lasted a few days. Why is it so sudden?"

Countries with patients infected with corona virus. Click on image to see details.