Press Release
Figures on atypical pneumonia
March 26, 2003
The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority:
As at 1 pm today (March 26), the admission statistics of patients who have been in close contacts with atypical pneumonia patients are as follow:
A. Health care workers of Hospitals/Clinics
| Health care workers 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 | 75 (75) |
| Prince of Wales Hosptial (Private doctors) | 3 ( 3) | |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 3 ( 3) | |
| Princess Margaret Hosptial (PMH) | 4 ( 4) Two of the health workers were discharged |
|
| Queen Mary Hosptial (QMH) | 1 ( 1) | |
| Tuen Mun Hospital | 1 ( 1) | |
| United Christian Hospital | 1 ( 1) | |
| Kwong Wah Hospital (KWH) | Kwong Wah Hosptial | 4 ( 4) One of the health workers was discharged |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (PYNEH) |
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
8 ( 8) |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) | Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 7 ( 7) One of the health care workers was discharged |
| Tseung Kwan O Hosptial (TKOH) | 1 ( 1) | |
| A Private Clinic in Mong Kok |
Princess Margaret Hospital | 4 ( 4) Three of the health care workers were discharged |
| Tuen Mun Hospital | 1 ( 1) | |
| A private hospital on HK Island |
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
3 ( 3) |
| A private hospital in Kowloon |
Princess Margaret Hospital | 8 ( 7) |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital |
1 ( 1) | |
| Total | 125 (124) Seven of the health care workers were discharged |
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