ByMaoXinhui

    Peopleaged60andabovewithlocalhouseholdregistry(hukou)cangetfreepneumoniavaccineforfreeasitisoneofthemajorpublichealthservicesthatthecityisof-feringtoitspeople.AllcommunityhealthservicecentersarecarryingoutthisserviceinYangpuDistrict.

    AccordingtoXuQi,DirectorofPingliangRoadCommunityHealthServiceCenter,thehospitalwillscreencomprehensivelythequali-fiedpopulationwithinitsprefecture,notifythemandsolicittheirinten-tionsandgetthemregisterediftheydon’thavecontraindicationsandarewillingtobeinoculated.

    Afterinoculation,eachagedpersonwouldberequestedtostayinthehospitalforhalfanhourforsafety’ssake.Someonemayhaveslightreactionsuchastemporarypain,redandswollen,indurationandfeverwhichwillgenerallydi-minisheventually.Someextremecases may have headache,notcomfortable, fragileand allergicreaction,etc.andshouldbetreatedifnecessary.Inthehospital,thereportersaweachagedpersonwasaccompaniedbytheirfamiliestogettheinjection.“Wecamealongforsafety’ssake.Wewanttoseeev-erythingisok,”saidonefamilymemberofanagedpersonwhogotinoculatedinthehospital.

    Theprinciplefortheinocula-tionis“freewill,freechoice,freeinoculationafterbeinginformed”.23-ValentPneumococcalPolysac-charideVaccineadoptedinthisin-oculationservicewillreducemor-bidityrateofstreptococcuspneu-moniaamongtheagedpopulationandbetterguaranteethehealthoftheagedpeople.

    Aslearned,theeffectofpneu-moniavaccinetopreventseriousinfectioncausedbypneumococcusisaround80%amongpeoplewithnormalimmunity.Evenforpeoplewithpoorimmunity,theinoculationofpneumoniavaccine can stillpreventseriousinfectionofpneu-mococcus,achieving50-60%suc-cessrate.

    Yangpuisofferinginoculationofpneumoniavaccinein11com-munityhealthservicecenters,onTuesdayafternoonandSaturdayafternoon.Nowabout4,000quali-fiedpeoplehavebeeninoculated.Toavoidlongtimewaitinginthehos-pital,peoplewithinoculationin-tentioncanmakeappointmentinthehealthservicecenterbyshowingtheirIDcardbythemselvesorbytheirfamilymembers.