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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
As at 3 pm today (March 21), the admission statistics of patients who have been in close contacts with atypical pneumonia patients are as follow:
A. Staff of Hospitals/Clinics
| Health Care workers of the following hospital/clinic |
Admitted to the following hospital |
Total Admission (The numbers in bracket are those with Pneumonia Symptoms) |
| Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) | Prince of Wales Hosptial | 57 (57) |
| Prince of Wales Hosptial (Private doctors) | 2 ( 2) | |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 3 ( 2) | |
| Princess Margaret Hosptial (PMH) | 3 ( 3) | |
| Tseung Kwan O Hosptial (TKOH) | 1 ( 1) | |
| Kwong Wah Hospital (KWH) | Kwong Wah Hosptial | 4 ( 4) One of the health workers was discharged |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH) |
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
7 ( 7) |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) | Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 5 ( 2) One of the health workers was discharged |
| A Private Clinic in Mong Kok |
Princess Margaret Hospital | 4 ( 4) |
| Tuen Mun Hospital Hospital | 1 ( 1) | |
| A private hospital on HK Island |
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
3 ( 3) |
| A private hospital in Kowloon |
Princess Margaret Hospital | 2 ( 2) |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
1 ( 1) | |
| Total | 93 (89) Two of the health workers were discharged |
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B. Medical Students
| Nature | Admitted to hospital | Total Admission (The numbers in bracket are those with Pneumonia Symptoms) |
| Medical students | Prince of Wales Hosptial | 17 (17) One of the medical students was discharged |
C. Other Patients
| Nature | Admitted to hospital | Total Admission (The numbers in bracket are those with Pneumonia Symptoms) |
| Patients, patient's family members & visitors | PWH, PMH, KWH, PYNEH, QEH, TKOH & Queen Mary Hospital | 93 (91) Four of the patients were discharged |
| Total Admission (A + B + C) | 203 (197) Seven were discharged |
The Department of Health and Hospital Authority have been closely monitoring the clinical condition of in-patients with pnuemonia symptoms. The total number of admission is released after collating, analysing and confirming the clinical symptoms and test results of the patients concerned. The total number of patients included those who have been admitted earlier.
On the other hand, six patients with atypical pneumonia died recently in the following public hospitals: Kwong Wah Hospital (2 patients); Princess Margaret Hospital (1 patient); Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (1 patient); Prince of Wales Hospital (2 patients).
Meanwhile, the Department of Health has launched a dedicated website on atypical pneumonia to provide health advice on the prevention of respiratory tract infection and latest information on the cases. The websites are www.info.gov.hk/dh/ap.htm (English content) and www. info.gov.hk/dh/apc.htm (Chinese content).
End/Friday, March 21, 2003
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