Recently, the number of hospital admissions has increased to more than 100, and the number of hospitalized patients has doubled month-on-month. The HA is worried about the impact on services

The COVID-19 epidemic continued, with 2,815 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong today (6th), of which local cases accounted for 2,672, while imported cases accounted for 143, and one additional patient died.

The Hospital Authority mentioned that in the past month, there has been an upward trend in the number of newly diagnosed patients staying in the hospital or the daily number of newly diagnosed patients. More than 100 people; in terms of the number of hospitalized cases, the number of hospitalized patients has nearly doubled from about 400 to about 830, and the number of critical and serious patients has also increased.

The Hospital Authority pointed out that although it can still cope initially, it is worried that a large increase in confirmed cases will put pressure on services, so it appeals to the public not to take it lightly.

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Kwan Wai-min, Chief Administrative Manager (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management) of the Hospital Authority, pointed out that in terms of the number of new hospitalizations, in early May, the daily number of new admissions was about 70 to 80, and then the epidemic began to ease until early June. The number of new people has fallen back to about 30 to 40 a day.

However, she said that in the past few weeks, especially this week, the daily number of newly diagnosed admissions has reached more than 100, so she admitted that she is very concerned about the situation.

Critical and severe cases increase

In terms of the number of hospitalized cases, in early June, there were about 400 people admitted to the hospital, but now about 830 confirmed patients have been hospitalized, that is, the number has nearly doubled.

At the same time, the number of critically ill and seriously ill patients has increased from an average of 20 before to about 30 in recent days. "So I am worried that the epidemic will be worse than before."

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please don't take it lightly

Kwan Huimin pointed out that although the Hospital Authority has made different preparations, she hopes that the public will not take it lightly. Those who have not received all the shots should be vaccinated as soon as possible, and should be tested regularly. Confirmed patients can also make appointments to designated clinics for medical treatment.

She emphasized that in the fifth wave of the epidemic earlier, public hospitals had to admit a large number of confirmed patients, which put a lot of pressure on public hospital services. At that time, services may need to be adjusted accordingly, and some non-emergency services may also be suspended.

Therefore, she appealed to the public to be careful.

If supply is tight, drugs outside the contract will be imported

In addition, it is reported that public hospitals have recently prescribed at least two types of paracetamol (Paracetamol) produced by mainland pharmaceutical companies to patients, but the registration information of the relevant drugs has not been found on the website of the Department of Health.

When asked whether the DH has registered the relevant drugs, as well as the number of purchases and prescriptions of the HA, Kwan responded that she did not have the number of purchases and prescriptions, but stressed that drug quality and safety are the top priorities for the HA to purchase drugs Considering that if there is an unforeseen supply problem of medicines, such as when the supply of individual medicines is tight during the epidemic, the HA needs to import or purchase medicines outside the contract from different places to ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment.

She added that the relevant drugs will only be introduced with the permission of the government.

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