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The district had conducted five rounds of COVID testing, and the elderly man had never left his apartment, yet the neighborhood committee failed to check on him.

The claim that his wife committed suicide is a rumor; however, the suicide of health official Qian Wenxiong is a confirmed fact.

People in Shanghai who died due to pandemic prevention rather than COVID-19 after the lockdown until April 13.

Compilation of comments from April 14 on Shanghai Departed

The emergency department of the hospital where she worked was closed due to the pandemic and refused to provide her treatment.

In the video, a young woman stands by the window, crying her heart out: "He's already gone!"

"I ran around everywhere, and the only answer I got was: don't come to the hospital right now, we are not admitting patients."

During the lockdown period, he cooperated with the neighborhood committee, handling daily household waste disposal, setting up nucleic acid testing sites, arranging nighttime lighting, organizing manpower, carrying out water and electricity repairs, and inspecting external visitors...

The tragedy quietly occurred when professional caregivers at the care center were forcibly taken away for quarantine.

Some medical staff were transferred for quarantine, leaving the patients and elderly residents with insufficient daily care support. The temporary caregivers who were hastily recruited were poorly managed, causing severe disruption to the normal caregiving routines.

The Hongkou District Health Commission in Shanghai has confirmed that Qian Wenxiong, a cadre of the commission, tragically passed away on the 12th. Officials have visited his family to express their condolences.

Several hospitals' fever clinics were closed. They had to transfer between three different hospitals and then waited in line for an hour to get a COVID test.

Waiting for four hours at the emergency room entrance for nucleic acid test results.

“All medical resources are being used for positive cases and mass testing — are ordinary residents not human beings too?”

What if the on-duty medical staff at the quarantine site had arrived earlier to provide care? What if a designated ambulance for the quarantine site had arrived in time?

During the process of maintaining order at a neighborhood nucleic acid test, Jie Mou Rong found that his nephew's son, Xue Mou Wei, was late and littering. He then criticized him as an elder, which led to a physical altercation between the two.

After the author published an article about a 90-year-old elderly person who passed away due to a lack of proper care during the lockdown, the individual involved received a phone call from the relevant authorities.

An hour after the accident, the ambulance finally arrived, but the delivery worker was pronounced dead.

In a video circulating online, a woman wearing a blue uniform repeatedly kicks and hits an elderly man sitting on the ground with a tool.

Did the deaths of elderly COVID-19 patients relate to forced transfers?

For approximately five hours, there were no doctors in the ward.

Pudong Hospital informed that they would not accept COVID-positive patients for dialysis. During the wait for transfer, he went four days without dialysis and passed away

Because people returning from Shanghai had to go to a quarantine facility, the author was unable to see their mother one last time.

The box contains the ashes of his late wife. This 60-year-old man walked 7 kilometers on foot to bring her home.

A community "section leader" worked continuously for 25 days, exceeding capacity.

Elaine, the HR manager at Danaher, was refused treatment because her COVID test report, which was required for access to the closed community, had expired by just a few hours.

As of April 25, Shanghai had a total of 190 death cases, with the youngest being 33 years old, the oldest 101 years old, and an average age of 82.52 years.

What was originally a warm and kindhearted story turned into a tragedy.

"Now this matter has simply ended with a death, and nothing else. We just want a fair explanation and let everyone judge this case."

If only there had been a visit from the community committee even once, he wouldn't have died.

I am in Pudong, and my dad is in Puxi. There is no transportation available to get there. I don’t know if I can see him one last time before he is cremated.

Through the compilation and screening of online help requests and death statements from relatives, a total of 170 cases of deaths caused by the pandemic prevention disaster have been recorded.

From Pudong to Puxi: Patients Roaming Across Shanghai in Search of Treatment

Writer Wang Zhanhei witnessed a neighbor's suicide during Shanghai’s lockdown, which inspired her to write a short story centered around the lockdown experience.

A print created by an independent artist during lockdown

“Why is it that they made the mistake, but I’m the one who suffers?”