Press Release
Latest admission figures
March 19, 2003
The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
As at 3pm today (March 19), the admission statistics of patients who have been in close contacts with atypical pneumonia patients are as follow:
A. Staff of Hospitals/Clinics
|
Staff of the following hospital/clinic |
Admitted to the following hospital |
Total Admission (The numbers in bracket are those with Pneumonia Symptoms) |
| Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) | Prince of Wales Hosptial | 49 (49) |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 3 ( 1) | |
| Princess Margaret Hosptial (PMH) | 1 ( 1) | |
| Tseung Kwan O Hosptial (TKOH) | 1 ( 1) | |
| Kwong Wah Hospital (KWH) | Kwong Wah Hosptial | 2 ( 2) * Note 1 |
|
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH) |
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
7 ( 7) |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) | Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 4 ( 2) |
|
A Private Clinic in Mong Kok |
Princess Margaret Hospital | 4 ( 4) |
| Tuen Mun Hospital | 1 ( 0) | |
|
A private hospital on HK Island |
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
3 ( 3) |
| Sub-total (A) | 75 (70) | |
B. Medical Students
| Nature | Admitted to hospital |
Total Admission (The numbers in bracket are those with Pneumonia Symptoms) |
| Medical students | Prince of Wales Hosptial | 17 (17) * Note 2 |
C. Other Patients * Note 3
| Nature | Admitted to hospital |
Total Admission (The numbers in bracket are those with Pneumonia Symptoms) |
| Patients, patients' family members & visitors | PWH, PMH, KWH, PYNEH, QEH, TKOH & Queen Mary Hospital | 58 (58) |
| Total Admission (A + B + C) | 150 (145) |
Note 1: One of the healthcare workers was discharged.
Note 2: One of the medical students was discharged.
Note 3: The Department of Health and Hospital Authority have been closely monitoring the clinical condition of in-patients with pnuemonia symptoms. The total number of admission is released after collating, analysing and confirming the clinical symptoms and test results of the patients concerned. The total number of "Other Patients" included those who have been admitted earlier.
Meanwhile, five patients with atypical pneumonia died recently in the following public hospitals: Kwong Wah Hospital (1 patient); Princess Margaret Hospital (1 patient); Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (1 patient); Prince of Wales Hospital (2 patients).
The Department of Health has launched a dedicated website on atypical pneumonia to provide health advice on the prevention of respiratory tract infection and latest information on the cases. The websites are This link will open in a new windowwww.info.gov.hk/dh/ap.htm (English content) and This link will open in a new windowwww.info.gov.hk/dh/apc.htm (Chinese content).