An extra 500 beds announced on Thursday for Hong Kong’s overcrowded public hospitals will not be enough to cope with the winter flu season, authorities have conceded.
The increase by the Hospital Authority, which manages public hospitals in the city, will be implemented by January next year, but will fall short of the estimated 1,500 additional beds needed to meet anticipated demand.
The figure amounts to less than 2 per cent of the 28,000 beds in public hospitals citywide.
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