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Accident and emergency departments of many hospitals had to wait for more than 8 hours. Stomach pain patients waited overnight in Kwong Wah

2022-12-27T05:25:57.637Z


During the Christmas holidays, the waiting time in the emergency departments of many public hospitals reached more than 8 hours. The reporter went to Kwong Wah Hospital today (27th) to observe. There were not many people gathered in the waiting lobby. Some parents brought children with severe coughs to beg


During the Christmas holidays, the waiting time in the emergency departments of many public hospitals reached more than 8 hours.

The reporter went to Kwong Wah Hospital today (27th) to observe. There were not many people gathered in the waiting lobby. Some parents brought their children with severe cough to seek medical treatment. There were only a few people waiting in the pharmacy of the hospital.

A patient with stomach pain started to have symptoms early this morning, and left at 11:30 this morning after 8 hours.


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Today (27th) is the last day of the consecutive Christmas holidays. According to the website of the Hospital Authority, as of 11:30 am today, the waiting time for the emergency departments of 5 hospitals in Hong Kong exceeded 8 hours, namely Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital , Kwong Wah Hospital, United Christian Hospital, North District Hospital, Pok Oi Hospital.

The waiting time in the emergency department of 5 hospitals exceeded 8 hours

The reporter visited Kwong Wah Hospital in the morning. There were not many people waiting for treatment. The waiting hall of the emergency room was separated from the general waiting area by plastic screens. About 20 people were waiting in the lobby, including children. The monitor in the lobby did not show the waiting time.

Within one hour, two ambulances arrived outside the emergency room, and the patient entered the hospital under the care of ambulancemen.

On the 27th, the number of citizens waiting for emergency cases at Kwong Wah Hospital decreased compared with yesterday.

(Photo by Xia Jialang)

Kwong Wah: Seriously overloaded and long waiting times

One of the citizens who went to the emergency room said that he needed to see a doctor because of stomach pain, but he had to wait for about 8 hours before he could see the doctor. He left the hospital at about 11:30 am after taking the medicine.

The inspection of the pharmacy department of the hospital did not see many people gathered, and only 3 people were waiting to get the medicine near noon.

A notice was posted outside the gate of Kwong Wah Hospital, stating that the number of emergency service patients continued to increase, seriously exceeding the capacity, and the waiting time would be extended.

The Hospital Authority also placed pull-out racks outside the door, pointing out that public hospitals are currently facing huge demand for services, calling on patients with asymptomatic or mild symptoms of new coronary pneumonia not to go to the emergency department, and the emergency department will not arrange for such patients to be admitted to the hospital.

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Source: hk1

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