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Figures on atypical pneumonia
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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital
Authority:
As at 1 pm today (March 26), the admission statistics of patients who
have been in close contacts with atypical pneumonia patients or sporadic
cases with atypical pneumonia are as follow:
A. Health care workers 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 |
75 (75) |
Prince of Wales Hosptial (Private doctors) |
3 ( 3) |
Kwong Wah Hospital |
3 ( 3) |
Princess Margaret Hosptial (PMH) |
4 ( 4)
Two of the health workers were discharged |
Queen Mary Hosptial (QMH) |
1 ( 1) |
Tuen Mun Hospital |
1 ( 1) |
United Christian Hospital |
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 |
8 ( 8) |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
7 ( 7)
One of the health care workers was discharged |
Tseung Kwan O Hosptial (TKOH) |
1 ( 1) |
A Private Clinic
in Mong Kok |
Princess Margaret Hospital |
4 ( 4)
Three of the health care workers were discharged |
Tuen Mun Hospital |
1 ( 1) |
A private hospital
on HK Island |
Pamela Youde Nethersole
Eastern Hospital |
3 ( 3) |
A private hospital
in Kowloon |
Princess Margaret Hospital |
8 ( 7) |
Pamela Youde Nethersole
Eastern Hospital |
1 ( 1) |
Total |
125 (124)
Seven of the health care workers were discharged |
B. Medical Students
Nature |
Admitted to hospital |
Total Admission
(The numbers in
bracket are those with
Pneumonia Symptoms) |
Medical students |
Prince of Wales Hosptial |
18 (18)
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, PYNEH, QEH, TKOH, QMH, KWH, Tuen Mun Hospital, United
Christian Hospital, Ruttonjee Hospital |
176 (174)
Eight of the patients were discharged |
Total Admission (A + B + C) |
319 (316)
16 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, 10 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 (6 patients).
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DH) 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/Wednesday, March 26, 2003
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