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New crown pneumonia | cases soaring and bed pressure doctors union: conditions can be left in community isolation

2020-07-30T04:46:27.282Z


The number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in Hong Kong has increased rapidly in recent days, with an average daily increase of more than 100 cases in the past 8 days. Ma Zhongyi, president of the Public Medical Doctors Association, believes that there are more than 1,000 negative pressure beds in Hong Kong since SARS, which is not too few per capita. However, Hong Kong's approach is to arrange most of the confirmed patients into hospitals, making the supply of negative pressure beds in short supply. Overseas experience will leave some patients in the community for isolation and treatment. She believes that the government can learn from this. If patients with mild illness have a suitable home environment, they can also consider staying in the community for isolation and medical staff will come to provide treatment.


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Written by: Chen Qianting

2020-07-30 12:40

Last update date: 2020-07-30 12:40

The number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in Hong Kong has increased rapidly in recent days, with an average daily increase of more than 100 cases in the past 8 days. Ma Zhongyi, president of the Public Medical Doctors Association, believes that there are more than 1,000 negative pressure beds in Hong Kong since SARS, which is not too few per capita. However, Hong Kong's approach is to arrange most of the confirmed patients into hospitals, making the supply of negative pressure beds in short supply. Overseas experience will leave some patients in the community for isolation and treatment. She believes that the government can learn from this. If patients with mild illness have a suitable home environment, they can also consider staying in the community for isolation and medical staff will come to provide treatment.

Ma Zhongyi, President of the Public Medical Doctor Association (Photo by Luo Junhao)

In an interview with Metro Radio, Ma Zhongyi talked about the pressure on hospital beds. At present, the utilization rate of negative pressure wards and hospital beds is over 80%. The occupants may not be discharged within one or two days. However, she believes that in terms of statistics, Hong Kong has more than 80%. Thousands of negative pressure beds are not low per capita. The key point is that the authorities will send most of the confirmed patients to public hospitals. Some suspected cases will also be admitted to negative pressure beds. The practice is different from other countries, so the beds become not enough.

She continued that when there was a major outbreak in Singapore, not everyone was admitted to the hospital. The government can learn from this. If the home conditions of the confirmed patients are suitable, for example, there are only two people in the whole house, or the home environment is large enough, they can be kept at home for isolation and provided by medical staff. If the home conditions are unsuitable for treatment, it can be arranged in community isolation facilities.

Ma Zhongyi: The central government's assistance to Hong Kong can provide medical supplies

There are opinions that the government intends to introduce medical staff from the Mainland. Ma Zhongyi said that the central government’s assistance to Hong Kong can be in the form of medical supplies, such as masks, protective clothing, etc., and can also provide follow-up consultations and medicines for Hong Kong residents living in the Greater Bay Area. However, in terms of medical staff, the HA has now reduced non-emergency services and is capable of deploying medical staff to assist in the fight against the epidemic. She continued that it is not appropriate to increase the number of people exempt from quarantine at this stage, so as not to bring the virus back to the mainland when someone returns to the mainland.

Xu Shuchang, expert consultant of the Government’s Anti-epidemic Steering Committee and Chair Professor of Respiratory System, School of Medicine, CUHK (Photo by Lu Yiming)

Xu Shuchang: The installation of a fan at the bottom of the building is enough to circulate the air

Xu Shuchang, an expert consultant to the Government’s Anti-epidemic Steering Committee and Chair Professor of Respiratory System at the School of Medicine of CUHK, mentioned in an interview with RTHK that whether the hospital’s first- and second-line beds are saturated or not depends on the community treatment facilities of the AsiaWorld-Expo. How many beds can be provided, and the government expects it to be opened on Saturday, when patients with stable cases will be transferred to AsiaWorld, which can vacate first- and second-line beds in some hospitals.

He also pointed out that Yabo’s ceilings are high, and fans can be installed to keep the air circulating. Overseas also have experience in dealing with epidemics in exhibition halls. The only thing to pay attention to is to make sewage facilities, but engineers have inspected it and believe it can be solved problem.

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