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What about us? Hong Kong’s non-Covid patients want public hospitals to allow regular check-ups again
- People with chronic conditions have missed check-ups as hospitals focused on Covid-19 patients
- With fifth wave of infections easing, patients ask authorities to restart services gradually
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People in Hong Kong with chronic medical conditions are growing anxious at missing their regular check-ups and want the government to restart public services at hospitals designated to handle Covid-19 patients.
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As the city’s fifth wave of infections rose sharply in February, the Hospital Authority scaled back non-emergency and non-essential services to let public hospitals focus manpower and resources on those with Covid-19.
That meant patients with chronic conditions and serious illnesses had their regular check-ups and treatments deferred. Now they hope that with the fifth wave of infections easing, they will be allowed to see their doctors again.
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Andy Tang*, a 59-year-old construction worker with advanced-stage skin cancer, had to postpone his check-up at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei in mid-March, after it was designated a coronavirus facility.
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