The transfer of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients
to designated hospitals is aimed to give them still better
treatment instead of covering up the SARS situation, said a Beijing
municipal official on Friday.
At
a press briefing on the SARS situation in Beijing, Cai Fuchao,
director of the Publicity Department of the Municipal Committee of
the Communist Party of China (CPC), cited the hearsay that patients
were transferred to cover up the true situation of SARS as "very
irresponsible."
On
Wednesday night, 130 SARS patients were moved from the People's
Hospital, the Beijing Medical University and No. 3 Hospital
affiliated with the medical university, to the hospitals designated
for treatment, where special medical experts teams have been set
up.
Meanwhile, according to Guo Jiyong, deputy director of the its
health bureau, Beijing municipality has 50 ambulances at hand for
the transfer of SARS patients.
(Xinhua News Agency April 25, 2003)