The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
 
     During the winter surge, the Hospital Authority (HA) is closely monitoring the service demand of Accident and Emergency Departments and the occupancy rate of medical wards in public hospitals. Key service statistics are being issued daily for public information. Details are in the appended table.
 
     In addition, on every Thursday a weekly bulletin "Surge in Brief" (as appended) will be issued to illustrate the trend of key service statistics in public hospitals in the past month. The "Surge in Brief" is available on the HA Winter Surge designated webpage (www.ha.org.hk/goto/wintersurge/en) as well.

Ends/Thursday, March 29, 2018
Issued at HKT 9:30

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