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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:

As at 1pm today (March 15), the admission statistics of healthcare workers who suffered from respiratory tract infection are as follow:

Staff of the following   Admitted to      Total admission


hospital/clinic           the following    (The numbers in


                          hospital          bracket are those 


                                            with pneumonia 


                                             symptoms)


Prince of Wales           Prince of Wales          34  (24)


Hospital                  Hospital



                          Kwong Wah Hospital        1  (1)



                          Princess Margaret         1  (1)


                          Hospital



Kwong Wah Hospital        Kwong Wah Hospital        2  (2)



Pamela Youde Nethersole   Pamela Youde Nethersole   6  (6)


Eastern Hospital          Eastern Hospital



Private Clinic            Princess Margaret         3  (3)


                          Hospital



Total                                              47  (37)

End/Saturday, March 15, 2003

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