Key statistics on service demand of A&E Departments and occupancy rates in public hospitals
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson of Hospital Authority (HA) today (May 30) published the last issue of "Surge in Brief" (as appended) for service surge period in the current season. Meanwhile, the HA will also cease to release the daily service statistics of Accident and Emergency Departments and the occupancy rate in public hospitals from June 2 (Sunday). HA will continue to monitor the service situation of public hospitals and to implement necessary operation arrangement and resources deployment.
The key service statistics of yesterday (May 29) are in the appended table while the "Surge in Brief" is also available on the HA Winter Surge designated webpage (www.ha.org.hk/goto/wintersurge/en).
Ends/Thursday, May 30, 2019
Issued at HKT 10:50
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