April 10, 2003
The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
As at 1 pm today (April 10), an additional 28 patients with symptoms of atypical pneumonia were admitted to public hospitals. They include 12 healthcare workers (nine from Princess Margaret Hospital, one from Prince of Wales Hospital, one from Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and one from Queen Elizabeth Hospital) and 1 patient from Amoy Gardens. The remaining 15 were new patients and contacts of patients with atypical pneumonia.
A total of 154 patients have recovered from atypical pneumonia and have been discharged from public hospitals. Of them, 12 were discharged today.
Most of the patients currently in hospital are showing positive responses to the new treatment protocol. One hundred and twenty patients are receiving treatment in intensive care unit.
Three patients died in Princess Margaret Hospital, bring to 30 the total number of deaths relating to atypical pneumonia. A 63-year-old male with a history of chronic disease and a 46-year-old female died yesterday. Another 73-year-old female patient with a history of chronic disease died this morning.
The cumulative figure for patients who have been admitted to public hospitals with atypical pneumonia since March 12 is as follows:
| Nature |
Cumulative Number
(The numbers in bracket are those with pneumonia symptoms) |
Total No. of Discharged Patients |
Total No. of
Deaths * |
| Health care workers of Hospitals/Clinics and medical students | 253 (253) | 75 | 30 |
| Patients, family members & visitors | 745 (745) | 79 | |
| Total | 998 (998) | 154 |
| * |
Most of the deaths occurred in individuals who have a history of chronic diseases, or were patients who sought treatment at a relatively late stage of infection. |