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The spokesperson for the Hospital Authority (HA) made the following announcement update today (July 14):
As at 5pm today (July 14), there are a total of two public hospitals with new cases of patient and staff member suffering from diarrhoea or vomiting symptoms at individual wards. The breakdowns are as follows:
- Haven of Hope Hospital ¡ª 1 staff member, in stable condition.
- Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital ¡ª 2 female patients (aged 39 and 54), in stable condition.
All the patients are being treated under isolation, while the staff concerned is on sick leave. Laboratory tests are being carried out for the symptomatic patients. The results are pending.
Various infection control measures have already been stepped up in the concerned wards according to operational needs of individual hospitals, which include temporary suspension of admission to and discharge from the ward, restricted visiting with adequate precautionary measures, enhanced medical surveillance of other patients in the ward.
The cases have already been reported to HA Head Office and Centre for Health Protection for the necessary follow up actions.
Ends/Friday, July 14, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:14
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