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Written by: Zheng Cuibi
2021-01-18 11:12
Last update date: 2021-01-18 11:12
The new crown pneumonia is raging, and many public hospitals need to convert internal medicine and other specialized wards into isolation wards. Although only less than 800 people were admitted yesterday, many public hospitals were still "crashed". There are 13 public hospitals in Hong Kong with the occupancy rate of internal medicine. More than 100%, of which 4 are even more than 120%, and the "most popular" is the internal medicine department of Tai Po Nethersole Hospital, with an occupancy rate of 129%.
The situation of a ward in a public hospital.
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According to the information of the Hospital Authority, 3694 people went to the Accident and Emergency Department for medical treatment throughout the day yesterday. 791 of them were transferred to the medical ward. The overall occupancy rate of medical beds at midnight reached 105%, among which 13 public hospitals had an occupancy rate higher than 100 %, four of them exceeded 120%, namely Pok Oi Hospital (127%), Tseung Kwan O Hospital (123%), Caritas Hospital (120%), and the Department of Internal Medicine of Tai Po Nethersole Hospital, the "most explosive" in Hong Kong. Its occupancy rate is as high as 129%.
The occupancy rate of internal medicine department of Tai Po Nethersole Hospital increases by 11%
A review of the information found that the occupancy rate of the internal medicine department of the Tai Po Nethersole Hospital was only 118% the day before yesterday (16th), an increase of 11 percentage points within one day.
In addition, at 10:30 this morning, the North District Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department has to wait for 5 hours, while the waiting time for other hospitals is within 1 to 3 hours.
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