Public hospitals on the alert against bird flu (Hong Kong Wen)

2008-12-09 (19:30)

In response, the Government announced a local chicken farm samples showed positive for H5N1 avian influenza and a serious start contingency level, the Hospital Authority and the Central Emergency Response Committee on Infectious Diseases held an emergency meeting and decided that public hospitals in the area of avian flu preparedness to enhance the appropriate response to a serious level .

The spokesman said the Hospital Authority will be in conjunction with the Center for Health Protection, to step up surveillance and reporting symptoms of influenza in the poultry trade for medical treatment. Hospital Authority once again to remind front-line health care workers must be vigilant against bird flu.

Center for Health Protection for the farm has been in the poultry trade to conduct medical surveillance and six employees have been admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital arrangements for the Center for Infectious Diseases Hospital for observation. High-risk people will be arranged for testing.

In the current level of response, emergency room visits for the time limit of not more than four hours a day and no more than two-per-person visits; and convalescence and rehabilitation wards of the daily visits of not more than six hours each time No more than two people to visit.

Hospital Authority to warn the public about the serious strain in the level of public hospitals under the infection control measures, including maintaining hand hygiene, respiratory tract infection symptoms of the patients and visitors in hospitals and clinics within the framework of the need to wear surgical masks.

The HA will continue to work with the Center for Health Protection to maintain close contact at any time to the public and the medical staff to provide the latest and important message.