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Written by: Li Enci
2020-09-22 18:43
Last update date: 2020-09-22 18:46
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has eased, and the Hospital Authority is preparing to gradually restore services.
The Chief Administrative Manager of the Hospital Authority (network operation) Zhang Zifeng said today (22nd) that the current number of appointments for surgery, internal medicine and orthopedics has returned to about 70%.
Starting from the end of this month, the HA will use a special remuneration plan to increase the number of non-emergency and appointment service sessions to handle the backlog of cases, covering surgery, endoscopy, cardiology examinations and specialist outpatient services. The relevant arrangements are tentatively continued. Until November.
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Zhang Zifeng pointed out that during the Lunar New Year period from January to February this year, public hospitals experienced the most severe delays in services. The number of admissions to surgery, internal medicine and orthopedics each fell by about half, with ENT departments being the most affected.
Compared with August last year, the current number of appointments for surgery, internal medicine and orthopedics has recovered by about 70%, but it is still down by about 30% compared with last year.
In terms of specialist outpatient clinics, in addition to arranging free medicines for patients, Zhang said that during the first and second waves of the epidemic, many citizens took the initiative to reschedule and did not follow up, causing the number of follow-up patients to drop by 40% compared with the same period last year; During the third wave of the epidemic, the number of follow-up consultations also dropped by 20%.
Zhang Zifeng was asked many times about the current number of patients in the HA and the longest waiting time for patients, but he did not answer directly.
Zhang merely said that the relevant figures are "good for interaction," and "if it changes, it will change. It is useless to remember the past."
He also said that the new normal has not stopped and it will be difficult for services to return to the level before the epidemic, frankly saying that "patients' conditions are more or less affected."
Zhang Zifeng was asked many times about the number of overstocked patients and the waiting time, but did not answer directly.
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The Hospital Authority is gradually resuming more services. Zhang Zifeng stated that starting from the end of September, the bureau will increase the number of non-emergency and appointment service weekend sessions with a special remuneration plan, covering surgery, endoscopy, cardiology examinations and specialist outpatient clinics Such services are tentatively scheduled to operate until November.
The Hospital Authority will also make good use of information technology and use remote video to diagnose patients.
For example, nurses will start online classes to teach people with diabetes precautions; physical therapists and occupational therapists will also assess the patient's home environment through video, without the need to visit.
Zhang Xu said that the public-private partnership program also helped triage patients. This year, about 25,000 public hospital patients were transferred to private hospitals for computer scans or MRI examinations; about 2,000 patients were transferred to private hospitals for colonoscopy screening.
In addition, during the epidemic, public-private cooperation increased 7 projects. About 600 and 200 patients went to private hospitals for gastroscopy and urology treatment respectively. Dozens of patients have also received cancer electrotherapy.
Zhang Zifeng said that there are still cases of unknown origin in the community, and he is worried that the virus will be brought into the hospital. For the time being, family members still need to visit the sick through video.
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Expect to resume non-emergency hospital visits in October
As for the arrangement of visits, Zhang Zifeng said that there are still cases of unknown source of infection in the community, and he is worried that the resumption of visits will bring the virus to the hospital. For the time being, family members still need to visit the sick through the video system.
He pointed out that the Hospital Authority will consider resuming visit services after the long holiday on October 1. If there are no unidentified cases 5 to 6 days after the long holiday, the Hospital Authority may consider staying in rehabilitation hospitals or non-acute hospitals. , First, make special arrangements for visiting patients. The initial idea is to limit one family member once a week to one time.
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