The number of infected doctors and nurses in Prince of Wales
Hospital, where the first severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
case in Hong Kong was reported, plunged from over 75 percent to 5-6
percent.
Sung Jao Yiu, chairman of Department of Medicine and Therapeutics,
Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, made
the remark at a press conference Saturday at Prince of Wales
Hospital.
He
said that after taking more preventive measures as putting on
special masks, gloves, gowns and even preventive glasses in
treatment of SARS patients, no family members of the medical staff
of the hospital contracted the disease.
Zhong Shangzhi, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong, said at the press conference that taking a
shower and change all clothes immediately back home, there will be
little chance for a doctor and his family members to get the
disease.
He
said that 78 percent of medical staff for SARS treatment can go
home every day now. In the past, medical staff were reluctant to go
home in protection of their family members.
Experts here claimed that over 90 percent of patients can fully
recovered if get early hospital treatment.
Wong Tze Wai, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong, said preventive measures as replacement of
asthma treatment devices including sprayers can effectively reduce
the spreading of tiny particles in wards.
(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2003