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[Wuhan Pneumonia] Next week's service hours for the Maternal and Child Health Center, Elderly Health Center and Chest Clinic

2020-02-13T05:28:14.053Z


The outbreak of new coronavirus related to Wuhan pneumonia continues. The Department of Health announced today (13th) further adjustments to services. From next Monday (17th), health assessments and full-time medical appointments for all elderly health centers will be suspended; 17 elderly health The service hours of the centres will also be adjusted, and the five maternal and child health centres will also be closed. The Department stated that the clinic staff would contact the affected service providers to make other arrangements.


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Written by: Golden Chess

2020-02-13 13:16

Last updated: 2020-02-13 13:16

The outbreak of new coronavirus related to Wuhan pneumonia continues. The Department of Health announced today (13th) further adjustments to services. From next Monday (17th), health assessments and full-time medical appointments for all elderly health centers will be suspended; 17 elderly health The service hours of the centres will also be adjusted, and the five maternal and child health centres will also be closed. The Department stated that the clinic staff would contact the affected service providers to make other arrangements.

The five maternal and child health centres will also be suspended from service next week. (Profile picture)

The Department of Health announced earlier that some of its non-emergency services have also been adjusted or suspended, including the Student Health Service Center, the Student Dental Clinic and the Women's Health Center, etc., today announced further adjustment services. According to the Department, from next week, health assessments and full-time medical appointments at all elder health centres will be suspended, while services at Yau Ma Tei elder health centres will also be suspended. The service hours of the remaining 17 rooms will also be adjusted. Nine of them will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, while eight will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

In addition, five Maternal and Child Health Centres will be suspended next week, including East Kowloon Maternal and Child Health Centre, Wang Tau Hom Maternal and Child Health Centre, Wu Ruoyu Maternal and Child Health Centre, Yan Oi Maternal and Child Health Centre and Ma On Shan Maternal and Child Health Centre; The services of other Maternal and Child Health Centres will also be adjusted or suspended.

The service hours of various elderly health centres will also be adjusted. (Profile picture)

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The full-supervised treatment provided by the seven chest and lung service clinics every Saturday morning will be suspended from Saturday (15th). They are Shau Kei Wan Chest and Lung Clinic, Kowloon Chest and Lung Clinic, Xiyingpan Chest and Lung Clinic, Shek Kip Mei Chest Clinic, East Kowloon Chest Clinic, Tai Po Chest Clinic and Tung Chung Chest Clinic; and Cheung Chau Chest Clinic will be available on Friday, February 21, every four weeks.

The Department stated that the clinic staff would contact the affected service providers to make other arrangements. In order to strengthen infection control measures to reduce the flow of people and opportunities for social contact, the Department recommends that unless there is a special reason, relatives and friends should try to avoid accompanying patients to visit mother and infant health centers or other clinics and facilities.

Wuhan Pneumonia Health Department

Source: hk1

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