[Global Times reporter Yang Weimin] A 63-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. He left the hospital without permission. The whereabouts of the patient is unknown.
At 10 o'clock in the evening on the 20th, the police arrested him in Mong Kok.
For the first time in Hong Kong, people diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia fled the hospital.
According to a report from Oriental Daily on the 20th, the victim was Li Yunqiang, a 63-year-old male patient from Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
He is about 1.6 meters tall and has short black hair. He was wearing a patient's gown, dark blue jacket, sports shoes, and a surgical mask when leaving the hospital.
Li Yunqiang has been admitted to the isolation ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment on the 14th. At about 5 pm on the 18th, ward staff found him trying to leave the ward and chased him out immediately, but he had already escaped through the stairs.
Afterwards, police officers came to the scene to investigate and classified the case as "escape/escape into hospital/hospital/quarantine station, etc.".
Before his diagnosis, Li Yunqiang claimed to live in Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok.
At 10 am on the 19th, four police officers arrived at the address in a police car. Two of them wore a full set of high-standard protective clothing, and the other two wore face masks, masks and blue protective clothing.
After understanding, no trace of Li Yunqiang was found, and the police officers left after staying in the building for about an hour.
At about 1 pm, it was reported that Li Yunqiang was found on the run in Yau Ma Tei. A group of police officers wearing blue protective clothing entered the building and searched, but they did not find it.
On the evening of the 19th, the police released photos of patients to be wanted throughout the city.
According to Hong Kong’s Disease Prevention and Control Regulations, anyone who has been quarantined or quarantined in hospitals, nursing homes, homes for the disabled, child care centers, nursing centers or similar establishments, is a crime and is liable to a fine of 5,000 upon conviction. Hong Kong dollar and imprisonment for two months.
Yu Huiling, chief administrative manager of the Hospital Authority, said on the 19th that the patient was wearing a mask when she left and believed that the risk of infection was not high.
When asked how the patient broke through the hospital’s numerous security barriers and escaped, she responded that in general, if the patient needs to seek medical assistance, he can be released, and the hospital does not have a closed-circuit television. The incident occurred or the patient moved too fast and was present. Other medical staff have their own work to deal with, and they may not notice.
Xu Shuchang, an expert adviser to the Government’s Anti-epidemic Steering Committee and Chair Professor of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at the Chinese University School of Medicine, said on the 20th that since the patient has shown signs of fleeing, it is recommended that the hospital strengthen security for the relevant persons.
A Hong Kong reporter went to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital to find out and found that the security measures in the isolation ward had not been significantly strengthened. When visitors entered the hospital building, their temperature showed that they did not have a fever, they would be tied with a yellow hand strap, and then they could walk between the buildings.
There are two doors in the isolation ward and the ward inside. If the isolation patient wants to leave the ward, he needs to walk through four doors.
It is reported that the ward where Li Yunqiang lives is closest to the door may be easier to escape.
Many Hong Kong citizens feel disgusted with Li Yunqiang's escape behavior and denounce his irresponsibility and selfishness.
Ge Peifan, chairperson of the Legislative Council Health Affairs Committee, said that the escape of patients is rarely heard around the world. Patients should be held accountable for their actions. The government should also review the existing penalties and hospital security guards to see if they are adequate. , In order to play a deterrent effect and prevent similar things from happening again.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Hong Kong Department of Health, announced on the 20th that there were 74 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong that day, of which 70 were local cases and 25 were of unknown origin.
Some Hong Kong media commented on the 20th that the fourth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong continued to deteriorate, and the loopholes in the response methods continued, and it was difficult to implement measures such as national testing and striving to zero.
Two major news about the new crown epidemic have dominated the newspaper headlines these days: one is that close contacts awaiting quarantine died at home; the other is that the confirmed person fled from the hospital in broad daylight, "Hong Kong under the epidemic is becoming more and more magical."