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The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
As at 1 pm today (April 20), there is an additional 22 patients confirmed to have atypical pneumonia following admission to public hospitals earlier. They include four healthcare workers (two from Prince of Wales Hospital, one from Caritas Medical Centre, one from Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital). The remaining 18 were other patients and contacts of patients with atypical pneumonia.
A total of 409 patients have recovered from atypical pneumonia and have been discharged from public hospitals. Of them, 46 were discharged today.
Most of the patients currently in hospital are showing positive responses to the new treatment protocol. One hundred and two patients are receiving treatment in intensive care unit.
Seven patients died in Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital (AHNH), Kwong Wah Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Tseung Kwan O Hospital (TKO)and Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH). This brought to 88 the total number of deaths relating to atypical pneumonia.
The deceased include an 88-year-old man and two elderly women who have a history of chronic disease and aged 71 and 75 respectively. The remaining are three women and one man, aged between 35 and 47. Information of the deceased is as below:
Hospital Patient's gender AgeAHNH female* 75
KWH female* 71
PMH female 47
female 39
QEH female 41
TKO male 35
TMH male 88
*denotes patient with a history of chronic disease
The cumulative figure for patients who have been admitted to public hospitals with atypical pneumonia since March 12 is as follows:
| Nature | Cumulative Number | Total No. of Discharged Patients | Total No. of Deaths * |
| Health care workers of Hospitals/Clinics and medical students | 315 | 116 | 88 |
| Patients, family members & visitors | 1065 | 293 | |
| Total | 1380 | 409 |
| * | Most of the deaths occurred in individuals who have a history of chronic diseases, or were patients who sought treatment at a relatively late stage of infection. |
End/Sunday, April 20, 2003
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