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More patients, fewer nurses: Hong Kong's medical frontline struggles with Covid surge | World

HONG KONG, Feb 22 Yee, a nurse on the frontline of Hong Kong’s fight against Covid-19, recently became one of the patients her hospital had to turn away, after isolation wards, and later corridors, became overpacked with people on gurneys. At home, the 25-year-old spread the virus to her. ....

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"There was no plan": HK nurse shares story of hospital chaos

As Hong Kong grapples with rising Covid cases, a nurse on the frontline has told Reuters some staff are "angry" at the lack of preparation. David Chan is a nurse and the Chairperson of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance . "None of the hospitals had any plans in place. The Hospital Authority had not provided any instructions for how to handle it if cases were to escalate." The global financial hub follows mainland China in deploying a "dynamic zero-COVID" strategy aimed at ending any outbreaks as soon as possible after they occur, but despite extensive contact tracing and isolation policies, daily infections have risen 60-fold since the start of the month. A Hong Kong Hospital Authority spokesperson told Reuters that public hospitals were overloaded and contingency measures that have been adopted so far include cancelling non-emergency treatment, and increasing recruitment. Patients are also being triaged, with priority given to children and the elde ....

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Hong Kong Health Experts Call for Home Isolation as Omicron Cases Overwhelm Hospitals - New Delhi Times

Hong Kong health experts on Friday said the city needs to change its pandemic strategies to cope with the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases. In recent weeks Hong Kong has been hit hard by a fifth wave of cases caused by the omicron variant, which is increasing pressure on the city's already overburdened health… ....

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