National Health Commission： 28,600 nurses rushed to the front line, accounting for 68% of the medical force.

　　BEIJING, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) Guo Yanhong, inspector of the Medical Administration and Hospital Authority of the National Health and Wellness Commission, said on the 29th that since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, the majority of medical workers in the national medical and health system have rushed to the front line to fight against the epidemic, racing against time and fighting against the disease, and the country has sent 42,000 elite medical forces, of which 28,600 are nurses, accounting for 68% of the total number of medical teams.

　　On the 29th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on COVID-19’s treatment and patients’ rehabilitation. Guo Yanhong pointed out that nurses played a very important role in the medical treatment of patients.

　　She said that "three-point treatment and seven-point nursing" has nurses in both the shelter hospital, the isolation ward and the ICU where severe diseases are treated. Nurses take good care of COVID-19 patients, treat them carefully, observe their illness carefully, give them psychological support, and work with doctors to make positive contributions to promoting patients’ recovery and improving the cure rate.

　　Guo Yanhong pointed out that the nurses used actions to interpret the lofty spirit of respecting life, saving lives, being willing to contribute, and loving without boundaries. They are also the most lovely people in the new era.