Not long ago, a case of chikungunya fever transmitted by mosquitoes emerged, causing public concern. The official account of West China Hospital of Sichuan University quickly released popular science articles, telling the characteristics, transmission routes and prevention methods of the disease in light and humorous language, and gaining many praises.
"This article is the 789 original popular science article launched on WeChat official account by the 'West China Hospital Rumour Repeating Team'. Because it accurately meets the public's concerns, it breaks 100000 readers when it goes online, winning a lot of forwarding and praise," said Zheng Yuan, director of the Publicity Department of the hospital's Party Committee.
The hospital party committee has always placed health science popularization in a prominent position, incorporating science popularization creation, platform operation, activity development, book publishing and other work into the integrated assessment system of party building in various departments, encouraging and guiding medical experts to participate in health science popularization work, and building a science popularization work pattern with full participation of all staff, "said Cheng Yongzhong, secretary of the hospital party committee.
The "West China Hospital Refutation Team" gathers experts and propaganda backbone from various departments. They utilize their professional expertise, closely follow the needs of the people, respond to social hot topics, and use easy to understand, humorous and friendly language to popularize science, allowing originally dull medical knowledge to fly into ordinary people's homes with the help of "Huaxi Wisdom".
