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Written by: Ouyang Dehao
2021-06-18 00:00
Last update date: 2021-06-18 00:00
The outbreak of new crown pneumonia in Hong Kong last year put pressure on the supply of negative pressure beds in public hospitals. In response to the new wave of epidemics that may occur at any time, the government built the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Center (temporary hospital) to provide a total of 816 beds for Hong Kong , And formally accepted mild and moderate symptoms, that is, patients with mild or no symptoms on February 26 this year. It has been used for nearly 4 months so far.
As of May 31, the temporary hospital has admitted about 650 patients, including those transferred from other emergency hospitals, and a total of 611 patients have recovered and been discharged.
Although it has not been in operation for a long time, the medical staff in the hospital have already vividly remembered what happened during this period.
Chen Xiaoshi, a senior nurse at the Central Nursing Department of the Prince of Wales Hospital, said that a patient over 30 years old did not want to eat in early April. After learning about it, he learned that his 5-year-old son was initially diagnosed and needed to be sent to hospital for treatment.
"The patient is so shocked that his parents will be noisy around him." But fortunately, with the help of everyone, the father and son were finally arranged to live together in the family ward of the Nethersole Hospital.
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If you are unable to communicate with foreign patients, you must communicate with pictures, body language, and Google translation.
Chen Xiaoshi, a senior nurse at the Central Nursing Department of the Prince of Wales Hospital, revealed that the duties of nurses in the temporary hospital are to check up patients, including virus testing, X-rays, blood draws, and remind patients to use the self-sustaining index machine for those in need. Patient intravenous injection and so on.
But the process of taking care of foreign patients deeply impressed her.
She believes that foreign patients are unfamiliar with life in unfamiliar places and may easily feel lonely. "He is in a mild condition and wants to be discharged soon, but the long wait makes him anxious when he will be discharged first."
Because many patients do not understand Cantonese and English, the two sides cannot communicate with each other. Sometimes they can only communicate through pictures and body language, which also makes the care work more difficult.
Chen revealed that there was an Indian lady who needed to leave a urine sample, but she could only demonstrate it with gestures, bluntly saying that the atmosphere was embarrassing.
"Put a cup to urinate, and do a few (actions) for the first time." There was also a Japanese patient who had difficulty communicating at first, until the English was translated into Japanese through Google, and doctors and patients could finally communicate effectively.
Male patients also need to chat to solve their anxiety
Chen Xuzhi, although the saying goes that "men bleed without tears," or are not good at expressing emotions, she has observed that some male patients sometimes have expressions of wanting to cry but not tears, so she will talk with them to relieve their anxiety.
Chen said that at the beginning of April, a male patient over 30 years old did not want to eat and did not think about eating or drinking.
After getting to know it, it was learned that his wife and three young children were sent to the isolation camp.
Later, the patient's eldest 5-year-old son confirmed the initial diagnosis and needed to be sent to hospital for treatment.
The patient was very worried that his son would need to be hospitalized alone. "The patient was so shocked that his parents would be so loud as to tear down the sky. I was so sad." But fortunately, a doctor in the temporary hospital at the time was a prime minister. The manager of the pediatric department of the hospital, and helped check the vacancies in the ward, and finally arranged for the father and son to live together in the family ward of the Nethersole Hospital. The patient can accompany his son and feels a lot of comfort.
A total of 138 patients stayed in the temporary hospital during the peak period
When the temporary hospital opened on February 26, 15 doctors and 40 nurses were already working in the hospital.
Hong Kong was in the fourth wave of the epidemic at that time, with 24 new cases in a single day.
Chen Wenjun, a consultant physician for internal medicine and geriatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital, said bluntly that he did not expect that the temporary hospital would play its due role shortly after the opening of the temporary hospital.
Until the beginning of March, the K11 MUSEA and URSUS Fitness groups appeared. During the peak period, a total of 138 patients were hospitalized at the same time.
Due to the rapid increase in the number of patients at that time, five ward buildings were opened successively to relieve the pressure on hospital beds.
Since then, as the epidemic gradually eased, the temporary hospital currently only opens Block E and Block F. There are a total of about 40 medical staff working in 3 wards, mainly receiving imported cases and patients, while other buildings are on standby to respond at any time.
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From this month, the age range for receiving patients has been adjusted to 16 to 80 years old
Chen Xu pointed out that as of May 31, the temporary hospital has accepted about 650 patients, including those transferred from other acute hospitals. A total of 611 patients have recovered and been discharged. The average inpatient stay is 10 to 14 days, the longest stay in the hospital. For one month.
During this period, only about 4% (that is, 30 patients) needed to be transferred to other emergency hospitals, mainly related to deterioration of the disease, requiring higher concentration of oxygen.
As of today, 23 patients are still being treated in the temporary hospital, and all imported patients need to be isolated separately.
In addition, the temporary hospital is preparing for the outbreak of the epidemic at any time. Starting this month, the age range for receiving stable cases will be adjusted from 16 to 65 years old to 16 to 80 years old.
The temporary hospitals also regularly hold drills and trainings, arranging the participation of medical staff from various network or neighboring Yabo community treatment facilities, including patient transportation procedures.
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