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February 2, 2014
Explosive force of public emergency department
Non-emergency doctors 10 hours the Air
Created: 0202 12:02
Chinese New Year falls on the winter influenza season, recorded two days to get public hospitals HA & E attendance 30% higher than the first day.
Chairman of the HA Central Coordinating Committee Deng Yaokeng Emergency Medicine, said many hospitals including Tuen Mun Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, United Christian Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital, until 8:00 this morning, 10 o'clock last night, still processing the waiting non-urgent patients, some patients have to wait 8-10 hours, with an estimated waiting time may be longer today, urged the public to onset of flu should first private doctor or specialist outpatient treatment.
Deng Yaokeng said a total of 6,578 people in early to accident and emergency department, numbers 7-8 percent higher than last year due to the flu this winter than last active about the recent 200 per 1,000 people have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, Some patients even more complications induced asthma, pneumonia and other medical wards need to transfer, so that the current multi-hospital medical bed occupancy rate is already full. Even large number of doctors in the morning, had to expedite the processing backlog overnight, it is estimated that non-urgent patients are still waiting for at least 4-6 hours.
Deng Yaokeng said, emergency room patients need to prioritize critical, calling the non-emergency patient to patient. He also said that the HA has an additional 1,500 outpatient places, calling the beginning of patients with flu-like symptoms, first outpatient or private clinics, patients experience flu complications, doctors will be referred to the emergency room.
zhttp://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140202/52149607
February 2, 2014
Explosive force of public emergency department
Non-emergency doctors 10 hours the Air
Created: 0202 12:02
Chinese New Year falls on the winter influenza season, recorded two days to get public hospitals HA & E attendance 30% higher than the first day.
Chairman of the HA Central Coordinating Committee Deng Yaokeng Emergency Medicine, said many hospitals including Tuen Mun Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, United Christian Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital, until 8:00 this morning, 10 o'clock last night, still processing the waiting non-urgent patients, some patients have to wait 8-10 hours, with an estimated waiting time may be longer today, urged the public to onset of flu should first private doctor or specialist outpatient treatment.
Deng Yaokeng said a total of 6,578 people in early to accident and emergency department, numbers 7-8 percent higher than last year due to the flu this winter than last active about the recent 200 per 1,000 people have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, Some patients even more complications induced asthma, pneumonia and other medical wards need to transfer, so that the current multi-hospital medical bed occupancy rate is already full. Even large number of doctors in the morning, had to expedite the processing backlog overnight, it is estimated that non-urgent patients are still waiting for at least 4-6 hours.
Deng Yaokeng said, emergency room patients need to prioritize critical, calling the non-emergency patient to patient. He also said that the HA has an additional 1,500 outpatient places, calling the beginning of patients with flu-like symptoms, first outpatient or private clinics, patients experience flu complications, doctors will be referred to the emergency room.
zhttp://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20140202/52149607
