BEIJING, Sept. 13, according to Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po, a Hong Kong public hospital emergency rooms face the “doctor shortage” and the mainland women “red emergency room,” the double attack, the service worse. Among them, the New Territories East Cluster 3 hospitals in the last financial year, A & E doctors turnover rate as high as 11%, has not been able to fill all vacancies, networking within the Prince of Wales hospital emergency rooms are still vacant four vacancies. Meanwhile, mainland women “washed off” to the surge in emergency room cases, the network in the first eight months, 231 pregnant women to emergency room delivery, surged 80 percent over last year.              

New Territories East Cluster of the high wastage rate of doctors. New Territories East, said Fung Hong, Cluster Chief Executive, three hospitals within the cluster begin to add staff, a number of specialties such as ophthalmology, ENT and other staff have been largely adequate, but A & E staff still falls short of the previous financial year & E network physician turnover rate as high as 11%, has not been able to fill the vacancy, which the Prince of Wales hospital emergency room, there are still four vacancies. He said the heavy workload of A & E, it is difficult to employ staff to fill.

Mainland women “red & E” case by more than 2 times

At the same time, mainland women “red & E,” the problem worse, which in the New Territories close to the border hospital “red & E” than last year greatly increased the number of pregnant women. Feng Kang pointed out that, from January to August, the network 231 to the emergency room of mainland women giving birth, 80 percent surge over last year. Of which the Prince of Wales hospital emergency room the most serious problem, compared with only 35 PWH Mainland women giving birth to the emergency room, but increased to 109 over the same period this year, an increase of more than 2 times. The North District Hospital last year with 83 mainland women “red & E” birth, to 107 this year, an increase of nearly 30% also.

Feng Kang: the situation is not considered serious

Although the mainland women “red & E” cases soared, but Feng Kang said: “The situation is not considered serious,” the hospital can cope with the situation, the mainland’s influence on other sectors of pregnant women has not yet surfaced. He also said that if pregnant women to the North District Hospital Accident and Emergency Department, North District Hospital, hospital unable to cope can help to Wei, Wei Yuan immediately send doctors to hospitals to assist the North, but so far, the situation has not occur.

Most of the “washed off” no check-pregnant women

Obstetrics and gynecology specialist Chen Shi-billion Hong Kong said, pregnant women give birth before the minute in “red emergency room” delivery, not only endanger the fetus, the mother will also have life-threatening. He pointed out that most of the “washed off” Pregnant women are not receiving prenatal care, emergency room doctors know nothing about the medical records of pregnant women for labor under very dangerous for them, such as pregnant women, infants appear too large or twins, etc., the production process go astray, or lack of oxygen will cause cerebral palsy infants, such as pregnant women, fetal position, it can burst and cause heavy bleeding pregnant uterus, when the shortage of emergency room doctor, it is difficult to cope with such emergencies.