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New crown pneumonia│225 patients and medical care in Boai Hospital need to be tested

2020-04-04T15:15:28.478Z


The epidemic of new coronavirus continues, and 17 people have been diagnosed in Hong Kong today (4th), with a total of 863 cases. A 93-year-old male patient (the 856th case) in Pok Oi Hospital was admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatric Ward of Pok Oi Hospital on March 10 and was discharged on April 1. He was admitted to the surveillance ward on April 3 because of fever and vomiting, and the virus was positive. During his initial hospitalization, he had contact with a 33-year-old male patient who had been diagnosed and later diagnosed (Case No. 455). Pok Oi Hospital stated that the two wards where the patient had stayed had stopped receiving new diseases and arranged for thorough cleaning. 69 male patients and 5 female patients are currently in hospital and need to be quarantined. The hospital will conduct virus tests for them one by one. About 150 medical staff and staff have contacted the old man and also need to be tested for viruses. In addition, a social health nurse once went to the old man's home on April 2 to perform nursing procedures for him, and will be arranged to enter the isolation camp.


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Author: Li Enci

2020-04-04 23:04

Date of last update: 2020-04-04 23:06

The epidemic of new coronavirus continues, and 17 people have been diagnosed in Hong Kong today (4th), with a total of 863 cases. A 93-year-old male patient (the 856th case) in Pok Oi Hospital was admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatric Ward of Pok Oi Hospital on March 10 and was discharged on April 1. He was admitted to the surveillance ward on April 3 because of fever and vomiting, and the virus was positive. During his initial hospitalization, he had contact with a 33-year-old male patient who had been diagnosed and later diagnosed (Case No. 455).

Pok Oi Hospital stated that the two wards where the patient had stayed had stopped receiving new diseases and arranged for thorough cleaning. 69 male patients and 5 female patients are currently in hospital and need to be quarantined. The hospital will conduct virus tests for them one by one. About 150 medical staff and staff have contacted the old man and also need to be tested for viruses. In addition, a social health nurse once went to the old man's home on April 2 to perform nursing procedures for him, and will be arranged to enter the isolation camp.

Pok Oi Hospital stated that the two medical and geriatric wards that the patient had stayed in during hospitalization had stopped receiving new diseases and arranged for thorough cleaning. (Profile picture)

A 93-year-old male patient with impaired mobility was admitted to a medical and geriatric ward on the 5th floor of Pok Oi Hospital due to a stroke on March 10, and was transferred to another medical and geriatric ward on the 8th floor on March 28. Discharged. He was admitted to Pok Oi Hospital again on April 3 due to fever and vomiting. Due to signs of lung infection at the time of admission, he was arranged to be admitted to a surveillance ward, and a nasopharyngeal sample was taken for a virus test and confirmed. The patient has been transferred to Tuen Mun Hospital for quarantine treatment and is currently in serious condition.

An expert group composed of Professor Yuan Guoyong, Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Dr. Lai Weiwen, Director of General Infection Control, HA, and staff of the Center for Health Protection visited the Pau Oi Hospital in the afternoon. A 33-year-old male patient who was admitted to the fifth floor medical and geriatric ward with the diagnosed patient earlier on March 17 was later diagnosed with infection on March 27 (Case No. 455). The male patient was then placed in a hospital bed where a 93-year-old male patient was in exceptionally ill conditions. The expert group initially suspected that the virus has the opportunity to spread through indirect contact, and has collected environmental samples for testing.

Pok Oi Hospital stated that the two medical and geriatric wards that the patient had stayed in during hospital stay are known to be 5N and 8S wards, and have stopped receiving new diseases and arranged for thorough cleaning. The patients currently in hospital include 69 men and 5 women, aged between 21 and 90, and need to be quarantined. The hospital will conduct virus tests for them one by one.

The Pok Oi Hospital will also arrange for medical staff and staff who have been in contact with this confirmed patient to undergo a virus test, and preliminary statistics are about 150 people. A social health nurse from Pok Oi Hospital visited the diagnosed patient's home on April 2 to perform nursing procedures such as changing his stomach and throat.

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New Coronary Pneumonia | 93-year-old man at Pok Oi Hospital initially diagnosed with unidentified incubation period stayed in hospital for most of the time

Latest | Male patients diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia in Pok Oi Hospital 225 patients and medical care need to be tested or isolated

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