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Written by: Zheng Cuibi
2020-09-09 13:59
Last update date: 2020-09-09 14:05
The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong continues. In the third wave of the epidemic, the hospital mortality rate as of August 7th was 1.8%. Among them, the mortality rate of elderly people over 90 years old can be as high as 35%. Dr. Zhong Jianli, Director of Quality and Safety, Hospital Authority To put it bluntly, "The mortality rate of the elderly is as high as SARS (SARS) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)!"
The Hospital Authority analyzed 70 deaths over the age of 70 and found that more than half of them were infected in the community, while others were infected in hospitals, and at least 7 were hospital infections.
In order to reduce the risk of patients bringing the virus into the hospital, the Hospital Authority has decided to strengthen the screening of admitted patients. Starting today (9th), all newly admitted patients will be tested for the virus. It is expected that about 2,000 people will be tested every day.
In addition, the Hospital Authority is also investigating testing for the virus before leaving the hospital for some elderly residents.
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The Director of Quality and Safety of the Hospital Authority, Dr. Chung Kin-li, said that the Hospital Authority will conduct virus tests for all newly admitted patients in all hospitals and all specialties from now on.
He said frankly that the elderly in the hospital themselves may already have chronic diseases. Once infected, the mortality rate will be higher. "I hope to reduce other people from bringing the virus to the elderly and reduce the infection in the hospital." He said that he would try to get deep throat saliva for patients. For testing, you can also take nasopharyngeal swab samples when necessary. "Some people may not have deep throat saliva. If someone stays in the hospital for a long time, they may not be tested."
He pointed out that the Hospital Authority had previously tested high-risk specific groups of hospitalized patients, such as residential residents or residents of Tsz Wan Shan, mainly medical patients, and tested about 800 to 900 samples per day; and now there are about 2,000 samples per day. After the patient is admitted to the hospital, in other words, the detection volume will be doubled after the detection range is expanded.
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Some elders in hospital are tested for the virus when discharged
In addition, Zhong Jianli said that the test has recently discussed the discharge arrangements for the elderly with the Hong Kong Association for Elderly Services. In the future, some elders may be tested for the virus before being discharged from the hospital. It's a plan (plan). Sometimes it's so sudden. If you want to do the test, you will stay in the hospital for the elderly." The Hospital Authority is still studying which elderly discharged from the hospital will be tested.
He also pointed out that the Hospital Authority will train more laboratory personnel and purchase 7 to 8 fully automated, high-throughput virus detection instruments before the winter flu, which is expected to double the amount of detection and do 8,000 tests today.
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More than 1 million people participated in the National Testing Program.
(Photo by Luo Guohui)
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