November 12th is World Pneumonia Day every year, and this year's theme is "Understand Pneumonia, Prevent Pneumonia, Stay Away from Pneumonia". On that day, the "HONG Yang Health • Enjoy Healthy Breathing" Geriatric Pneumonia Popular Science Lecture was successfully held in Shanghai. Guided by Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University and Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the event was hosted by Shanghai Jing'an District University for the Elderly and Shanghai Hezhong Young Volunteers Service Center, and co-organized by Luwan Fudu Experimental School Affiliated to East China Normal University and Marubeni Pharmaceuticals China (formerly Sumitomo Pharma Group China). In addition to the offline lecture, the event was also broadcast live online, attracting the participation of residents from surrounding communities, patients' family members and grassroots medical staff. Experts including Professor Zhu Yinggang, Chief Physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, and Professor Mai Jingyin, Chief Physician of the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, attended the event and delivered in-depth yet accessible popular science explanations on topics such as the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of geriatric pneumonia.
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