Affected by the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong earlier, the Hospital Authority suspended some general outpatient services and replaced them with designated COVID-19 clinics.
The Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) today (23rd) released the results of a long-term survey. People in Kowloon East have high demand for general medical services and it is difficult to make appointments. Some patients with rare diseases claim that their condition has deteriorated due to failure to follow up and adjust treatment plans in a timely manner.
DAB Legislative Council member Gan Wenyu pointed out that if there is a sixth wave of the epidemic, he is worried that the general "non-emergency" public medical services will be shut down again due to the development of the epidemic.
DAB Legislative Council member Gan Wenyu (right) said that under the fifth wave of the epidemic, many Kowloon East residents had difficulty making appointments for general outpatient clinics, and the elderly or chronically ill patients in the community failed to return for consultation as scheduled, resulting in their condition worsening.
(Yan Wenyu Facebook photo)
Under the fifth wave of the epidemic, many HA staff were diagnosed or transferred to the front line to fight the epidemic. The general outpatient clinic was once converted into a designated clinic, resulting in the failure of the elderly or chronically ill patients in the community to seek medical treatment as scheduled.
The DAB conducted an online questionnaire survey from May 3 to 10 to understand the public's needs for general outpatient clinics amid the epidemic.
The survey found that residents of Kowloon East have a strong demand for regional medical services; it is difficult to make appointments for general outpatient services, resulting in residents often having to seek medical treatment and medicines from different districts.
Gan Wenyu (right), a member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, said that the elderly or chronically ill patients in the community failed to return for consultation as scheduled, which led to their condition worsening.
(Yan Wenyu Facebook photo)
DAB Legislative Council member Gan Wenyu said that dozens of complaints from residents of Kowloon East were received earlier. Some patients with rare diseases said that their condition deteriorated without timely follow-up and adjustment of treatment and medication distribution. Stable, and it is still difficult to make appointments in general outpatient clinics.
He suggested that the authorities should provide online consultation services, provide patients with community pharmacy drug collection or mail delivery services; or further expand the public-private medical cooperation plan, and use "health care vouchers" to subsidize some patients to seek medical treatment in private clinics.
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