For a hundred years, the red spirit of Qiongya has been passed down ceaselessly along the coast of the South China Sea. In 2026, a public welfare rescue operation led by Party building and with the benevolent heart of medical practitioners as its background color is quietly warming the corners of Hainan Island that need care the most.

The "Party Flag Fluttering Warms the Elm - Chronic Wound Relief Project for Elderly People Living Alone", a large-scale public welfare project initiated by the Burn and Wound Repair Branch of the Chinese Society of Geriatrics and systematically promoted across the country over a period of five years, was launched in southern Anhui in February 2026 and has since been implemented in Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong and other places. Today, its footprints span the Qiongzhou Strait and it has taken root in the fertile land of Hainan. The Party branch of the Wound Repair Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, taking the spirit of the Qiongya Revolution of "the red flag never falling for 23 years" as its torch, has moved its Party building base into social welfare institutions in Hainan Province. In the daily work of ward rounds, customizing plans, teaching, and practical dressing changes, it has been practicing the unchanging original aspiration of Party members to care for the elderly and exploring the "Hainan model" for the construction of a wound repair specialty.

Collective bedside rounds, recreating the path of serving the people

Under the leadership of Cheng Shaowen, the director of the Wound Repair Department and the secretary of the Party branch, the Party member medical staff entered the ward in groups, bent over and surrounded the beds of bedridden elderly people, carefully examined chronic wounds such as pressure injuries and diabetic foot, and moved the standardized ward round process to the bedside. In the new era, Party members and medical staff measure the people's conditions with their feet and get closer to the masses with a bent posture, effectively solving the medical treatment difficulties of elderly people on the islands and practicing the red inheritance of "Where the people are, there the service will be".

One person, one policy, analysis and judgment, shouldering the responsibility for people's livelihood

Party member medical staff, taking into account the coexistence of multiple diseases among the elderly, discussed cases on the spot. Based on the depth of the wound, the amount of exudate, and the overall condition of each elderly person, they "tailored" treatment plans for them - from the frequency of dressing changes to decompression care, from rehabilitation intervention to nutritional support. The details were clear and the responsibilities were well-defined. Director Cheng Shaowen emphasized that it is necessary to base on the regional characteristics of Hainan and integrate the discipline construction into the emergency medical rescue system. This dedication to "one person, one policy" is precisely the powerful commitment of medical practitioners to the responsibility for people's livelihood.

On-site teaching keeps the technology at the grassroots level

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." To solve the problem of grassroots caregivers being unable to distinguish dressings, Head Nurse Huang Hong moved the classroom into the welfare home, adhering to the principle of "prevention first, combination of prevention and treatment". She used plain language to explain the causes of decompression sores, high-risk groups and key points for stage identification, and focused on popularizing daily care and preventive measures. Foam dressings, hydrocolloids, micro-negative pressure dressings and other dressings are lined up in a row. The suitable scenarios and operation skills are explained directly to the on-site wounds, so that the caregivers can understand, remember and apply them.

Hands-on practice to cultivate local backbone personnel

After the theory, we move on to the practical operation stage. Nurse-in-charge Huang Hong demonstrated the standardized dressing change process in full. The nursing staff operated on the spot, and the Party member medical staff corrected the misunderstandings such as disinfection and dressing application one-on-one, enabling the nursing staff to master the wound treatment skills proficiently and gradually achieve the transformation from "temporary home treatment" to "self-care within the hospital". This practice of "planting" technology at the grassroots level is a vivid footnote to the resource allocation concept of the "Hainan Model".

Long-term co-construction, safeguarding the health and well-being of the elderly

On the day of the event, the department reached an agreement with welfare institutions such as the Hainan Elderly Care Home on a long-term assistance mechanism: establishing an online consultation platform to respond at any time; Regular on-site medical rounds, refresher training and teaching, and continuous technical assistance. Open a green channel for elderly patients seeking medical treatment for wounds, and ensure that critically ill elderly people receive timely treatment. The dual-track approach of "medical treatment and humanistic care" has provided a reliable medical support for the elderly living alone.

Behind the rescue project lies the continuous efforts of the Burn and Wound Repair Branch of the Chinese Society of Geriatrics, which has gathered the strength of the whole country to promote the cause of elderly health. The Party branch of the Wound Repair Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University is precisely the vanguard rooted on the island in this pattern. Their actions have proved that the spirit of the Qiongya Revolution, which is dedicated to serving the people, has never faded away and is now being carried forward on the front line of elderly care, shining with the light of The Times.

The Burn Trauma and Wound Repair Branch of the Chinese Geriatrics Society has always been committed to promoting the overall improvement of the treatment level of chronic wounds in the elderly across the country. As an important member unit of the branch, the Party branch of the Wound Repair Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University demonstrated a high sense of responsibility and professional quality in this rescue project, and practiced the public welfare tenet of the branch with concrete actions. The branch will continue to leverage its platform advantages, integrate high-quality medical resources across the country, support member units in various regions to deeply carry out such public welfare projects, enable high-quality medical technologies to benefit more elderly patients, let the Party flag fly high on the front line of safeguarding the health of the "silver hair", and contribute more to the construction of a Healthy China.