Treatment Equality May Lead to Harmonious Patient–Doctor Relationship During COVID-19 in Mobile Cabin Hospitals

摘要

The doctor–patient relationship is crucial to the healthcare delivery. In recent years, the growingproblem of violence against doctors in China suggested that the doctor–patient relationship hadbecome increasingly tense and complicated (1–3). China’s first fundamental and comprehensive lawon basic medical and healthcare have taken effect on June 1, 2020, including protecting the safetyof medical personnel (4). During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks, Wuhan,the epicenter of the virus, built 16 mobile cabin hospitals (each holds 500–2,000 beds) and createdmore than 10,000 beds for mild cases to ease the ongoing shortage of the city’s treatment resources.A cabin hospital is a mobile medical structure easily shipped and installed and widely used withmultiple functions, such as emergency treatment, surgical treatment, and clinical examination.Remarkably, patients and doctors in mobile cabin hospitals got along better and were able tobuild a relaxed and friendly relationship with each other. Undoubtedly, this phenomenon is notaccidental at all and brings better understanding on how to relieve the tensions of relationshipsbetween doctors and patients.