Up to 48 public hospital patients will be transferred to the privately-run St Teresa’s Hospital from Wednesday in an unprecedented move to ease overcrowding as Hong Kong tackles a flu crisis.
With public wards inundated with flu patients, a medical expert on Tuesday called for longer-term solutions, saying the city needed more than double the existing number of doctors in emergency departments to meet overseas standards.
While 363 severe flu cases have been recorded so far this summer,...
↧