Press Release - March 18, 2003

The following is jointly issued by the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR):

As at 1pm today (March 18), 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 Admitted to the Total Admission

the following following hospital (The number in

hospital/clinic bracket are

those with

pneumonia

symptoms)


Prince of Wales Prince of Wales 44 (36)

Hospital(PWH) Hospital



Kwong Wah Hospital 1 (1)


Princess Margaret 1 (1)

Hospital


Tseung Kwan O 1 (1)

Hospital


Kwong Wah Hospital Kwong Wah Hospital 2 (2)


(KWH)


Pamela Youde Pamela Youde 7 (7)

Nethersole Nethersole

Eastern Eastern

Hospital(PYNEH) Hospital





Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth 4 (1)

Hospital(QEH) Hospital




A private clinic Princess Margaret 3 (3)

in Mong Kok Hospital


Tuen Mun Hospital 1 (0)


A private hospital on Pamela Youde 3 (3)

HK Island Nethersole Eastern

Hospital


Total 67 (55)



B. Medical students


Nature Admitted to hospital Total Admission

(the numbers

in bracket are

those with

pneumonia symptoms)




Medical Prince of Wales 17 (17)

students Hospital


C. Others close contacts of Index Patients




Nature Admitted to hospital Total admission

(the numbers

in bracket are

those with

pneumonia symptoms)


Family members PWH, PMH, KWH, PYNEH 39 (39)

& visitors & Queen Mary Hospital



Total admission(A + B + C) 123 (111)


For updated information and latest news on respiratory tract infections, please visit the special home page on the subject at www.info.gov.hk/info/infection-e.htm, and the HKSAR Department of Health website at www.info.gov.hk/dh/ap.htm as well as the e-bulletin at www.news.gov.hk/en/index.shtml.