Recently, Forethought Medical and Sinopharm Medical Distribution (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. carried out a public welfare activity in an elementary school in Nankai District, Tianjin, providing radiation-free scoliosis screening for more than 2,000 students in the school. The whole screening took only 6 hours to complete.
This screening activity is led by Sinopharm Medical Distribution (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. with the aim of effectively preventing and reducing the occurrence of scoliosis in adolescents through early detection and scientific interventions, so as to protect the healthy growth of adolescents. The screening team consisted of professional screeners from Forethought Medical, using its self-developed “radiation-free 3D electronic spinal instrument” to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the screening results.
Forethought’s “Radiation-free 3D Electronic Spine Measuring Instrument” can realize radiation-free, standing position to directly measure the Cobb angle of the spine, and students can complete the test by wearing a single garment, which breaks the limitations of venues, technology, personnel, etc., and is a breakthrough scientific and technological means that is more advanced both at home and abroad, and can satisfy the needs of large-scale spine health screening.
It is understood that Tianjin has always attached great importance and concern to the physical and mental health of students. The person in charge of the school said that the school hopes that through this screening activity, students’ spinal problems will be detected in time, parents will be informed in the first instance, and effective measures will be taken for intervention and treatment. At the same time, the school will also continue to strengthen students’ health science education, to raise the importance of students and parents on spinal health, and work together to maintain students’ physical health. The scoliosis screening activity has also received positive response and support from parents and students. They expressed that it is a very meaningful initiative to detect potential spinal problems of their children at an early stage, avoiding the pain and expense of later treatment.
In the future, Forethought Medical’s public welfare activities in schools will continue, and Sinopharm Instruments Medical Distribution Tianjin will vigorously promote the landing of this activity in the Tianjin area. “Monitoring spinal health, guarding the backbone of the nation”. It is believed that with the joint efforts of Forethought Medical and Sinopharm, the youth scoliosis screening work will be carried out in a deep and practical way, contributing to the implementation of the strategy of “Healthy China” with the modest efforts of each enterprise.
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