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Written by: Review Editor Room
2020-07-20 18:00
Last update date: 2020-07-20 18:01Hong Kong recorded a hundred new cases of new coronary pneumonia on Sunday (19th), and 73 new cases on Monday (20th). The medical system is being severely tested. Tight ambulance facilities not only increase the mortality rate of the virus, but also increase the chance of infection for employees and patients, and accelerate the collapse of the system. The government's strengthening of anti-epidemic measures is late, and citizens are also experiencing fatigue from fighting the epidemic. For today's plan, the whole society has also severely restricted activities.
The Hospital Authority will convert other pavilions in the Asia Expo into community isolation facilities in the short term. (Profile picture)
Inadequate isolation measures endanger patient care
As of noon on the 19th, public hospitals have opened 650 negative pressure wards with a total of 1,207 negative pressure beds. The utilization rates of the two are 71% and 62% respectively. The number of confirmed cases has broken through the day, and the usage may be full within a few days. A newspaper quoted news that a patient in Tsz Wan Shan had to wait five hours before he could go from the negative pressure ward of the acute rash to the negative pressure bed of the ward, and the bed was the 94-year-old diagnosed patient who passed away on the same day. According to the current trend, even if the HA will restart 500 second-line isolation beds, and the government will activate the Lei Yue Mun and Penny's Bay quarantine units that have been built earlier to house patients with milder illnesses to free up hospital resources, these facilities will soon It's full again.
The shortage of hospital beds and ventilators makes it easy for patients to die. There are more than 42,000 confirmed cases in Singapore, but the number of dead is less than 100, which is far lower than that of the United Kingdom and the United States. A local infectious disease consultant pointed out that because the doctors and nurses closely monitor the patient's condition, patients do not need to flood into the intensive care unit. If the condition deteriorates, they can be quickly transferred to intensive care. In addition, help the patient to lie prone in time, increase the patient's ventilation ability, and reduce the use of ventilator.
In addition, the new crown virus is highly contagious, and the number of hospitalizations has increased. The virus is easily spread in the hospital, infecting both patients and medical staff. The British "Guardian" quoted news that 5% to 7% of the infection cases in the local national health system were found, and it was difficult to trace the source. The patient is weak and it is more difficult to recover from the epidemic. The medical treatment of the epidemic has tightened the treatment staff and even more damaging morale. The place of treatment becomes the place of infection, which is worrying.
To track down the cause of the fall, it is necessary to prevent the collapse of the embankment
The third wave of the outbreak in Hong Kong may be due to the fatigue of the society's anti-epidemic, or because the government's quarantine exemption measures are too loose, so that patients enter the community, or because of insufficient testing, it may not be able to detect patients early and cut off the transmission chain. The medical profession must find the reasons, plug the loopholes, and stop the epidemic from worsening. At the same time, society must prepare for the worst. Medical experts have recently warned the public that Hong Kong must be mentally prepared to implement stricter activity restrictions, including foot bans, restrictions on non-essential employees from going out, and truly sever the transmission chain, which will deal a heavy blow to Hong Kong’s economy and people’s livelihood.
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Hong Kong people don't want to see only takeaway employees walking through the streets in the busy city. In this case, they must seize the last chance to turn the tide. I still remember that at the beginning of the outbreak, the medical care sector wrote slogans and took photos. I was very touched: "For you, I will stick to my post; for me, please stay at home." As the epidemic slowed down, slogans and touching scenes were gradually forgotten. At this moment, everyone must regain their slogans, speak and act, reduce gatherings, and reduce dining out. A few days ago, the Center for Health Protection speculated that someone had been infected because of a patient smoking nearby. This seems to prove once again how important it is to wear a mask frequently. Numerous foreign media quoted medical statistics that the epidemic encourages smokers to quit smoking. Since smoking is so inconvenient, gatherings are discouraged, and smoking will weaken resistance, local smokers may wish to quit smoking.
To cut off the transmission route, in addition to the droplets, but also the hand contact with the eyes, mouth and nose, it is necessary to reduce contact with objects, such as reducing cash transactions, bringing your own tableware, and often bringing disinfectant handrubs are all effective methods. As the old saying goes, don’t do something small and don’t take personal matters lightly. If everyone takes care of hygiene, the spread of the virus will be even more difficult, and the road to the fight against the epidemic will see the light.
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