New crown pneumonia | The government will build a temporary hospital to see how many negative pressure beds are left in Hong Kong

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Written by: Li Enci

2020-08-11 16:03

The new crown pneumonia epidemic eased in Hong Kong for a while, and the number of hospitalized patients dropped to double from the end of June to the beginning of July. The third wave of the epidemic began on July 5, when only 101 confirmed cases were admitted to public hospitals, and the utilization rate of negative pressure beds was less than 10%, but the virus transmission chain captured various districts within a few weeks.

As of August 10, 1052 patients are being hospitalized for treatment, and about 70% of the negative pressure wards in public hospitals are full. According to the news, the use of negative pressure beds in the two hospitals located in the third wave of "severe disaster areas", including United Hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital, has increased by 80% to 90%. The pressure can be imagined.

In addition, the community isolation facility of Lei Yue Mun Park Resort received 110 patients with mild illnesses, while 189 patients in the Asia Expo’s community isolation facility were in the hospital. Ma Zhongyi, president of the Public Medical Doctors Association, said that these two facilities can help improve the situation of patients waiting for admission in the community. However, this epidemic involved many elderly people, many of whom were in serious condition and had to be admitted to public hospitals. The following will analyze the tightness of isolation beds in many hospitals.

▼In the third wave, the government has extended the restrictions on gatherings and banned food in the evening market.▼

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According to the Hospital Authority, as of August 10, 1052 patients were being hospitalized for treatment. The number of negative pressure beds in public hospitals was 1245, and the overall usage was 64.5%; and the number of negative pressure wards was 683, which were used as a whole. The amount is 69.8%. In order to relieve the pressure on the first-line isolation wards in the hospital, public hospitals have about 500 second-line isolation beds, which have received more than 220 patients.

There were 36 and 59 confirmed cases in critical and severe conditions in public hospitals in Hong Kong. The Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, Liu Jiaxian, said last week that there are many critically ill and severe patients who have occupied about 60% of the negative pressure beds in the intensive care unit. He emphasized that the seven clusters of hospital beds can be used flexibly. If individual hospitals are not enough, they can be transferred to another cluster.

80% to 90% of the negative pressure beds used by United Hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital

Since the outbreak of the third wave of the epidemic, the daily use of negative pressure beds in various public hospitals has fluctuated every day, and the number of patients in several hospitals has continued to be high. It is reported that the United Hospital in Kowloon East, the hardest-hit area of ​​the epidemic, has used 80% to 90% of the negative pressure beds for a long time this month. The second-line isolation beds have been used. The patients have filled a total of 7 negative pressure, second-line and Monitor the ward. The hospital had only two negative pressure beds in the intensive care unit, both of which were occupied by patients with new coronary pneumonia. The other severely affected area is Tuen Mun District. According to news, the use of negative pressure beds in Tuen Mun Hospital is also 80% to 90%. Many of them are elderly people from the Golden Branch of Tuen Mun Kang Wo Nursing Centre. 10 patients need to be admitted to the intensive care unit at the same time.

It is understood that the use of negative pressure beds in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the past half month is 70% to 90%; the situation in the Eastern District Hospital is more ideal, where the use of negative pressure beds is about 70%.

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An internist at Queen Mary Hospital revealed that about 70% to 80% of the negative pressure beds in the hospital are used, and the negative pressure beds in the intensive care department are also quite stressful. Under the gloom of the epidemic, he also said that in order to accept more confirmed cases, the hospital suspended half of non-emergency operations. As a result, patients with cancer, coronary heart disease, and kidney failure had to wait several months before they could receive surgery.

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Yabo Community Treatment 療 facilities have a total of 500 beds and temporarily 189 patients 留 doctors

The community isolation facility in Lei Yue Mun Park Resort has more than 350 units and has received 110 patients as of August 10. There are a total of 500 hospital beds in the community treatment facilities in AsiaWorld Expo Pavilion No. 1, and as of August 10, there are 189 patients in the hospital. The Hospital Authority is actively preparing and planning to launch more community treatment facilities to prepare for a lasting fight against the epidemic.

Ma Zhongyi, president of the Public Medical Doctors Association, said that these two facilities can help improve the situation of patients waiting for admission in the community. However, the epidemic has spread to many institutions, involving many elderly people, many of whom are in serious condition and have to be admitted to public hospitals. She expects the Yabo No.1 Pavilion to be full, and believes that the authorities need to build more hospital beds. She pointed out that this first community treatment facility was built by the Hospital Authority alone. I don't know what areas the government needs to seek assistance from the local cabin hospital team.

The Hong Kong version of "Square Cabin Hospital" and "Huoshenshan Hospital" will be completed in Asia Expo

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said earlier that community treatment facilities are receiving stable patients, and that patients' waiting for admission has improved. The authorities need to further increase community treatment facilities to deal with the possible outbreak of the epidemic in winter and the admission of multiple people to hospitals. The government has put forward two specific requirements to the central government. The first is to build an additional 1,000 negative pressure hospital beds in other places in the Asia Expo Pavilion, which can be called the "Hong Kong version of the square cabin hospital." In addition, the government also plans to build a temporary hospital on a 32,000-square-meter plot of land next to the AsiaWorld-Expo, which can be called the "Hong Kong version of Vulcan Mountain." The construction is expected to take several months.

About half of the quarantine center is using the government to consider delaying the return to Junyang Village

As for receiving close contacts and people from high-risk areas, they need to stay in a quarantine center. Four quarantine centers are currently in operation, namely, Pat Heung Juvenile Police Call Activity Center , Block 1, 2 and 3 of Junyang Village in Fo Tan , Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Center, and Penny's Bay Quarantine Center Phase I , which can provide a total of 2682 unit. As of the morning of August 10th, 1770 people are staying in 1273 units; after deducting the rooms that are awaiting repair or disinfection, 602 units can be used immediately.

The four quarantine centers have different scales. Junyang Village has the largest capacity, with a total of 1578 units, 760 in use, with 309 standby; the second is Penny's Bay, with 800 units in total, with 346 open and 222 waiting use. The Pat Heung Juvenile Police Call Activity Center has a total of 205 units, of which 205 have been opened and are all ready for use. The smallest is the Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Center, which has 99 units and 60 units are in use, and only 29 are available for use.

Blocks 1 to 3 of Chunyang Village were originally scheduled to be handed over in October. Carrie Lam said in mid-July that if the epidemic continues to be severe and quarantine facilities are insufficient, the government may need to review the timetable for the return.

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