Public hospitals are under pressure due to the epidemic. In addition to many patients waiting outdoors, some media also photographed Caritas Hospital's discharge from the "garbage mountain", where a large number of red garbage plastic bags were accumulated. During an interview with the radio station, it was stated that most of the outsourced employees who handled the related garbage were infected with the virus or had to undergo quarantine, and some resigned, and there were not enough manpower to clean up. Similar situations also occurred in other hospitals, and some outsourced employees reported that there were insufficient protective clothing.
Wu also said that in addition to the convicted cleaners, support grades such as ward assistants are also tight, and some even require one person to be responsible for the entire ward of 40 to 50 people.
Many hospitals have garbage accumulation
Wu Weiling pointed out in the Hong Kong and Taiwan program "Millennium Times" that the accumulation of garbage is not limited to Caritas Hospital, Kwai Chung Hospital, Tin Shui Wai Hospital, Tuen Mun Hospital, etc., all have similar situations because some workers have to isolate and quarantine or even resign, and there is a shortage of manpower. She understands that Kwai Chung Hospital has only 3 people working, and normally needs about 10 people, and is short of more than half of the staff. She pointed out that some outsourcers urged employees to go to work before they completed the isolation period.
She said that the situation of Caritas Hospital should have been assisted by other companies to handle the cleaning, but pointed out that the outsourced employees are old and have to take care of their health. In addition, there is a shortage of protective clothing.
One assistant in some wards is in charge of dozens of patients
In addition to cleaning, Wu Weiling said that support grades such as ward assistants are also tight, and some even require one person to take care of 40 to 50 patients in the entire ward. "Everyone has suffered so hard." The patients are all staying in ordinary wards. "There is no difference between being a dirty team and not being a dirty team." The staff is very angry. She hopes that the Hospital Authority and the government can distribute fixed allowances to frontline staff. There has been no labor for several years.”
He Bailiang points out that the hospital's shunting is not in place
He Bailiang, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong, believes that the hospital shunting is not in place, and the vacancy of beds in some hospitals will be better than that of "hardest-hit areas" such as Queen Elizabeth Hospital and United Hospital. Other community treatment facilities or hospitals, etc., reduce the occupancy of emergency room beds, and do not worry about requiring the elderly to wait for a long time for treatment.
One-third of ambulance crews still unable to go to work
Assistant Commissioner of Fire Services (Headquarters) Wong Chun-yip also pointed out that one-third of the ambulance personnel are still unable to go to work, and only about 20% of the 12-minute service compliance rate in the past two days has been met, and the longest waiting time is over 30 hours. "Basically, we can do what we think about, and do our best." Including non-front-line ambulances in the fire department, the instructors and teaching assistants of the Ambulance College, and the ambulance officers in charge of management, all have been transferred to the on-duty ambulances. In order to speed up the flow of ambulances, It also borrowed the LCSD site near the hospital as a cleaning point, and arranged for trained ambulance trainees to assist in cleaning the ambulance.
Fangcang shelter hospital patients criticize meal arrangements for toilet leakage Deng Bingqiang: Will report the epidemic situation to suppliers Set-point hospital epidemic｜76-year-old male patient at Caritas Hospital left the hospital on his own, has called the police to search for aid supplies to Hong Kong, and 410,000 oximeters have been sent to the hospital to keep high-specification masks for national testing
