Hong Kong doctors and nurses at overloaded public hospitals say they are having to set up beds in corridors and offer telephone consultations to free up space on wards stretched to breaking point as the winter flu surge grips the city.
The situation at private hospitals was reportedly equally dire on Thursday, with one in Sha Tin saying its children’s ward was 100 per cent full and new patients might need to wait up to 24 hours for admission.
The occupancy rate on public medical wards was...
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