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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2021-04-13 18:00
Last update date: 2021-04-13 18:00
The new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong has stabilized recently, and the government announced that it will relax arrangements for visits to homes.
Yu Huiling, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, revealed at the epidemic press conference today (13th) that the special visit arrangements for 8 nursing homes will be resumed on April 21 (next Wednesday).
Each patient can designate a family member every week to conduct a one-hour visit. The staff of the ward will notify the family members to register for the visit within the day.
However, all family members visiting the hospital must have a negative test report within 72 hours; as for those who have completed two doses of vaccination 14 days before the visit, they can purchase a rapid antigen test and complete the test at home 24 hours before the visit.
Haven of Hope Hospital and the other 7 public nursing homes will resume special visit arrangements starting next Wednesday. Each patient can designate 1 family member and interview one hour per week.
Yu Huiling said that the 8 nursing homes include Chung Hom Kok Chess Nursing Home, Wong Chuk Hang Hospital, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital, Haven of Hope Hospital, Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital Lai King Building, Sha Tin Chess Nursing Home and Pok Oi Hospital Tian Jia Bing Nursing Home.
Each patient in the nursing home can designate a family member for one-hour visits every week.
The staff will notify the family members to make an appointment for registration in the next few days.
Family members who go to visit must have a valid negative test certificate within 72 hours, and those who visit regularly can be tested weekly.
Family members of nursing home members must hold a valid negative test certificate within 72 hours when visiting.
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As for those who have received two doses of the new crown vaccine two weeks before the visit, they can purchase the rapid antigen test kit by themselves and test it at home 24 hours before the visit. When they arrive at the institution, they will provide the staff with a negative result for verification. Self-portraits of the test time, date, and reagent instructions.
If it is an emergency interview, the family members must also submit a negative test certificate to the hospital within two days.
The Hospital Authority subsequently issued a press release to add that within 24 hours before the visit, the family members of the residents can pre-fill the health declaration form on the Hospital Authority website or the HA Go mobile app, and show the QR code issued by the system to the hospital. Ward staff.
Hospital Authority: Will review the situation in due course and allow it to be expanded to more hospitals or wards
The Hospital Authority stated that the resumption of special visit arrangements was decided after detailed discussion and evaluation by the Central Command Committee and the Central Committee for Infectious Diseases and Emergency Response.
The Hospital Authority will review the arrangements in due course according to the development of the epidemic, and expand to more hospitals or wards as circumstances permit.
Yu Huiling expects citizens to understand the limitations of visits under the epidemic.
Depending on the situation, the HA will also arrange visual and compassionate visits.
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