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SARS-infected hospital in Beijing reopens
Beijing, June 10: The people`s hospital, one of the major health care facility here, has became the first hospital to reopen after being shut down due to the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Beijing, June 10: The people's hospital, one of the major health care facility here, has became the first hospital to reopen after being shut down due to the outbreak of severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
The hospital, attached to the Beijing University, was
shut down on April 24 after cross-infection of SARS was
reported as a result of poor design and ventilation.
Examining the application of the people's hospital, a joint expert group conducted a site examination focusing on the 11 infected departments, and agreed that the hospital met the requirements for reopening.
After reopening, hospital authorities have measured the body temperatures of the patients before their entry into the outpatient building, which if found over 37.2 degrees Celsius, the patients would be put in quarantine, a hospital official said.
The closure of the hospital was the first such case in the city during the peak of the SARS outbreak in April. SARS has killed 188 people in Beijing, more than half of China's cumulative death toll of 340.
Meanwhile, a clinical research has said that a combination of Chinese and western medicines provides an effective treatment for SARS patients.
The research, released yesterday by the science and technology research center under the national anti-SARS headquarters, involves 400 medical workers and 11 hospitals, and includes 1.5 million items of data, over 2,000 chest X-rays and 500 digital pictures of patients' tongue through observation of 562 patients over the last month. Bureau Report
Examining the application of the people's hospital, a joint expert group conducted a site examination focusing on the 11 infected departments, and agreed that the hospital met the requirements for reopening.
After reopening, hospital authorities have measured the body temperatures of the patients before their entry into the outpatient building, which if found over 37.2 degrees Celsius, the patients would be put in quarantine, a hospital official said.
The closure of the hospital was the first such case in the city during the peak of the SARS outbreak in April. SARS has killed 188 people in Beijing, more than half of China's cumulative death toll of 340.
Meanwhile, a clinical research has said that a combination of Chinese and western medicines provides an effective treatment for SARS patients.
The research, released yesterday by the science and technology research center under the national anti-SARS headquarters, involves 400 medical workers and 11 hospitals, and includes 1.5 million items of data, over 2,000 chest X-rays and 500 digital pictures of patients' tongue through observation of 562 patients over the last month. Bureau Report