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Latest admission figures

March 22, 2003

The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:

As at 3pm today (March 22), the admission statistics of patients who have been in close contacts with atypical pneumonia patients are as follow:

A. Staff of Hospitals/Clinics

B. Medical Students

C. Other Patients

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 patients included those who have been admitted earlier.

On the other hand, seven patients with atypical pneumonia died recently in the following public hospitals: Kwong Wah Hospital (2 patients); Princess Margaret Hospital (1 patient); Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (1 patient); Prince of Wales Hospital (3 patients).

Meanwhile, 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 www.info.gov.hk/dh/ap.htm (English content) and www.info.gov.hk/dh/apc.htm (Chinese content).

22 March 2003