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Written by: Zheng Cuibi
2021-01-10 09:00
Last update date: 2021-01-10 09:00
The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has not stopped. The Secretary for Civil Service, Nie Dequan, said that a community vaccination center will be set up in 18 districts, which will be undertaken by private hospitals and medical institutions.
Representatives of medical institutions that plan to host revealed that the government hopes that each center will have 15 injection stations to vaccinate citizens with the BioNTech/Fosun mRNA vaccine. Each injection station will have 3 nurses, that is, the entire center needs about 50. Medical staff bluntly said that it is "difficult to find a lot of manpower."
The government tends to use stadiums as vaccination centers, but if private hospitals or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are willing to provide venues, the government will also consider; the authorities have not decided whether to accept citizens' walk-in registrations (walk-in).
Feng Kang, Chief Executive Officer of Zhongda Hospital, said that Zhongda Hospital, which was just opened at the beginning of this year, intends to become one of the vaccination centers.
Liang Guoling, Chief Operating Officer of Health Care International Medical Group, said that the government hopes that each center will have 15 injection stations to vaccinate citizens with BioNTech/Fosun mRNA vaccines.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)
The demand for doctors and nurses is large
Liang Guoling, Chief Operating Officer of Health Care International Medical Group, said that last Friday (8th) evening he held a meeting with the government to discuss the establishment of vaccination centers. The government disclosed that it hopes to set up 15 injection stations in each center to vaccinate citizens with BioNTech/Fosun mRNA vaccine.
The government requires each injection station to have two to three nurses and one doctor for each shift. That is, the entire center needs about 40 to 50 medical staff for each shift. With other staff, it is expected to have a large demand for manpower and operate daily 12 hours, "open all month", he bluntly said that health may need to hire a lot of medical staff to meet the needs of the half-year vaccination center operation, frankly "it is difficult."
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Tendency to use gymnasium has not decided whether to accept walk-in
He pointed out that the government expects to set up a vaccination center in each of the 18 districts and prefers to use gymnasiums, but if private hospitals or NGOs are willing to provide venues, the government will also consider it; the government has not yet decided whether to accept on-site registration by citizens (Walk- in), Liang Guoling is more difficult to do.
He said that the government will provide medical refrigerators and is also studying how to ensure the stability of the power supply in the venue to ensure that the vaccine is kept cold.
The government will set up community vaccination centers in 18 districts to vaccinate citizens with BioNTech/Fosun mRNA vaccines.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)
Liang Guoling continued that the government tends to provide a lump-sum working capital for each center instead of "per capita" calculations. The government requires each center to vaccinate citizens with 2,500 doses per day. If the number is lower than the target, the contractor will receive the funds It will also be discounted, and may only get the "basic basic salary."
Feng Kang, Chief Executive Officer of CUHK Hospital, said that the hospital intends to become one of the vaccination centers. The hospital will continue to recruit staff to cope with the services of the CUHK Hospital and the Vaccination Center. The staff will be deployed depending on the size and workload of the vaccination center.
Feng Kang, Chief Executive Officer of Zhongda Hospital, said that the newly opened Zhongda Hospital intends to become one of the vaccination centers.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)
Liu Shaohuai, the dean of the Hong Kong School of Medical Administration, also intends to host a vaccination center. He said that many private doctors and retired doctors are willing to contribute. He and some medical staff formed a team to assist in sampling during the national test last year. This time he will understand Whether the “team” of this time can continue to help, but because it takes half a year to undertake this time, he bluntly said that medical care needs to be “spent more time first”, and it also depends on how many tasks the contractor is required by the government, such as whether It is necessary to take into account registration information and crowd control at the same time to determine the manpower required.
The reporter asked the government whether it would issue tenders and invite bids to medical institutions, as well as the relevant evaluation criteria.
The Food and Health Bureau replied that the government is actively conducting various preparatory work and will announce relevant details in due course, including the operational arrangements of community vaccination centers.
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