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Written by: Zheng Cuibi, Yuan Yuan
2020-01-05 22:03
Last updated: 2020-01-05 22:07The outbreak of viral pneumonia of unknown cause is happening in Wuhan in the Mainland. The Hong Kong government has stepped up surveillance. The Hong Kong government requires doctors in Hong Kong to report and refer suspected cases. So far in Hong Kong, there have been 16 cases of fever, respiratory tract infection or pneumonia that occurred in Wuhan within 14 days. Today (5th), it was reported that a private hospital in Shatian had a woman who claimed to have been in Wuhan to seek medical treatment, and was instructed by the medical staff at the triage station to go to the nearest public hospital for treatment and asked to leave.
The woman was alleged to be a junior college student, and a junior college student who knew her said that she had gone to Shenzhen for an inspection and found no problems. The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health stated that it had not received any relevant notifications, but after learning of the case, it had immediately contacted the relevant hospital to follow up, and successfully contacted the patient and sent him to the hospital for treatment.
It is reported that Ren'an Hospital, the only private hospital in Shatian, who refused to attend the medical examination of middle school girls, has consulted Ren'an on "Hong Kong 01".
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According to the classmates of the girl in the incident, she had cough and sputum and suspected that she had pneumonia. She went to Ren'an Hospital for treatment, but was rejected by Ren'an Hospital. She told the medical staff at the Renan Hospital's triage station that she had been to Wuhan earlier and was asked to go to a public hospital for medical treatment. She went to Shenzhen for a test and the result was negative.
Shatian Ren'an Hospital was suspected of refusing a female student who had been to Wuhan to seek medical treatment. (Profile picture)
Woman reported that she had fever in Wuhan and had symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection
The Information Services Department replied that the Centre for Health Protection had not received any relevant notifications, but immediately contacted the hospital to follow up after learning of the case, and successfully contacted the patient and sent him to the hospital. The patient was a 20-year-old woman who reported fever-grade symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection and had visited Wuhan within 14 days before the onset of the disease. The CHP had arranged for her to be sent to Prince of Wales Hospital for further treatment.
Center for Health Protection: Doctors should report any symptoms to patients
The Center for Health Protection has strengthened the detection of pneumonia groups in Wuhan on December 31 last year, and revised the monitoring guidelines on January 3 to expand the scope of surveillance. Doctors should report any cases of fever, symptoms of acute respiratory infections, or symptoms of pneumonia and have visited Wuhan (with or without a market or seafood market) within 14 days before the onset of symptoms.
The Centre for Health Protection specifically requires private doctors and private hospitals to immediately contact the on-site health director of the Department of Health when reporting any compliance with enhanced surveillance to arrange for patients to be directly transferred to public hospitals for admission and isolation, and to implement corresponding infections while patients are waiting for transfer Control measures.
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