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Written by: Chen Shuxia, Ni Qingjiang
2020-02-02 23:49
Last updated: 2020-02-03 00:40The new coronavirus epidemic that caused "Wuhan pneumonia" continued. The newly formed staff of the Hospital Authority was dissatisfied with the government's refusal to "close the customs." A two-stage strike will be launched tomorrow (3rd), and 3,000 people are expected to respond in the first phase tomorrow.
The Hospital Authority again tonight called on medical staff to stay on the job and "join together to cope with the current peak period of service and the increasing severity of new cases of coronavirus pneumonia." The chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Pharmacist Society Cui Junming posted a post on his Facebook page this afternoon (2nd), without mentioning the strike, but referring to "pharmaceutical services as an integral part of the medical system" and "pharmacists have the responsibility to Patients ’health and interests come first." Thanks twice to the hospital pharmacists for their hard work in maintaining their positions and providing patient-oriented professional medical treatment services.
Pharmacy services are an integral part of the medical system. If patients are not treated with drugs, they will not only worsen their condition, but also increase their risk of death.
President of the Hong Kong Hospital Pharmacist Association Cui Junming said in his article that the epidemic situation of new coronaviruses has been changing recently, and he understands that with the increasing number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong, the pressure on pharmacists and medical staff has also increased. He thanked members for still maintaining their posts at key moments to serve the general public.
He said that pharmacy services are an integral part of the medical system. "If patients do not get medical treatment, they will not only worsen their condition, but also increase their risk of death." He emphasized the responsibility of hospital pharmacists to ensure that patients receive the medical treatment they need at all times, and in the first place, the health and interests of patients, and to provide professional medical treatment services to patients. "In the case of shortage of doctors and nurses The importance of hospital pharmacists as caregivers, especially for (out of) outpatients, and finally the provider of clinical treatment is even more important. "
The chairman of the Hong Kong Hospital Association of Pharmacists Cui Junming posted a post on the FB page, demonstrating that pharmacists have the responsibility to take the health and interests of patients first. (Profile picture)
Hospital management: medical staff strike is not in patient's interest
In the evening, the Hospital Authority once again called on medical staff to keep their posts, reiterated that it is consistent with the goals of all employees, and hoped to protect the health of Hong Kong citizens. Affect public hospital services.
The authority stated that a central command committee was convened today to review the networked services and manpower of each hospital. According to the information available at the moment, each hospital network needs to adjust its services significantly, concentrating on-duty staff to maintain emergency and necessary services, including handling outbreaks, and other emergency clinical services such as cancer treatment and trauma services. The spokesman said that the network of hospitals will reduce about 50% of scheduled surgery and some outpatient services. Individual patients who need to postpone surgery will be individually notified to reschedule the service. Specialist outpatient services will also be affected to a certain extent.
Outpatient reduction of approximately 25%
The spokesman said that the hospital would first supplement drugs for stable follow-up patients, and concentrate on-call medical staff to provide inpatient services and treat new patients in specialist outpatient clinics. General outpatient clinics will try to keep all outpatient clinics open to provide services by mobilizing the renewal of on-duty staff and hiring part-time staff, but will reduce the funding of occasional patients by about 25%; each hospital will also reduce physical treatment by about 50% And occupational therapy outpatient services, centralized staffing to maintain inpatient services.
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