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1. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Public hospitals seek extension of 'do not revive' guideline

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang

   ... News Hong Kong Public Hospital Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Euthanasia Guideline Critically ill patients Emily Tsang emily.tsang@scmp.com Public hospitals want to extend a guideline that allows chronic and critically ill patients to choose death rather than being revived by emergency procedures. It is proposing that the option should not be confined to people dying ... while hooked up to life support. Allowing treatment to stop once they were past the point of no return would have spared the family and the patient. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1120069/public-hospitals-seek-extension-do-not-revive-guideline
2. News - China - HEALTH

   Hope in fight against H7N9 bird flu deadly virus in China

   Posted Apr 09th 2013, 12:00am by He Huifeng

   ... and total parenteral nutrition (TPN). This avoided further infection and was usually used on critical patients. TPN is a way of supplying all the nutritional needs of the body by bypassing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1210272/hope-fight-against-deadly-virus
3. News - Hong Kong - OMBUDSMAN

   Critical patients to get A&E help faster after Ombudsman slams system

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang and Phila Siu

   ... News Hong Kong Critical patients Office of the Ombudsman Fire Services Department Emily Tsang and Phila Siu Ambulances are to drive heart attack victims to the closest emergency ward in a change that means crews' medical skills will be put to the test Public hospitals and ambulances will send critical patients to the nearest emergency facility instead of driving ... new --> CatInAFlap Jan 11th 2013 11:28am Asia's world city !! Takes an ombudsman to tell the ambulances to take emergency patients to the nearest hospital!! who are these people, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1124996/critical-patients-get-ae-help-faster-after-ombudsman-slams-system
4. Patient dies in drug mix-up, woman given wrong blood in latest risk list

   Posted Jan 28th 2012, 12:00am

   ... during elective spinal surgery put her in critical condition. Her blood type was confused with another patient's as their samples were tested at the same time. The cases ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/991057/patient-dies-drug-mix-woman-given-wrong-blood-latest-risk-list
5. News - Asia - INDONESIA

   How Indonesia's mentally-ill are shackled and forgotten

   Posted Oct 11th 2012, 12:00am by Agence France-Presse

   ... News Asia Mental Health mentally-ill Psychiatric patients Bali Indonesia Human Rights Agence France-Presse ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1058103/indonesias-mentally-ill-shackled-and-forgotten
6. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Better policy needed to treat mentally ill, top psychiatrist says

   Posted Jan 12th 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang and Stephy Shi Yuhan

   ... News Hong Kong Health mentally ill Violence Emily Tsang and Stephy Shi Yuhan Psychiatrists say treatment could be improved after two patients carried out attacks this week Two violent attacks this week involving psychiatric patients show the need for a more comprehensive policy for treating the mentally ill, a top psychiatrist says. Compounding the problem was the city's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1125712/better-policy-needed-treat-mentally-ill-top-psychiatrist-says
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Lessons to learn from freed mental patient's murder-suicide

   Posted Jan 13th 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... of mental illness and sufferers are stigmatised. Families can be unwilling to concede that loved ones are afflicted, or little understand symptoms and treatment. At the heart of a better life ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1126494/lessons-learn-freed-mental-patients-murder-suicide
8. Have Your Say

   Posted Sep 02nd 2006, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Sha Tin Africa Illness Illness Make more of video games I'm writing in response to the article 'Game therapy' (Young Post, August 22). Making fun video games that educate patients on their illness is a good idea. Why don't games producers also have themes such as the environment, or air pollution? They could also focus on poverty in poor countries, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/562534/have-your-say
9. Extend mentor scheme to help community ills

   Posted Nov 08th 2011, 12:00am

   ... is of screaming patients waving choppers in public places. In fact, depression and anxiety, symptoms that many of us might suffer, are very common forms of mild mental illness. If former ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/984185/extend-mentor-scheme-help-community-ills
10. Risk of relapse for patients with mental illness

    Posted Sep 07th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Health Medical Terms Illness Illness Compliance Ng Yuk-hang Patients with mental illness who do not show symptoms for up to two years can still suffer a relapse if they stop taking medicine, according to the latest study by the University of Hong Kong. Continued medication could reduce the risk of relapse by half, researchers said. They urged patients to talk to doctors before ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/724108/risk-relapse-patients-mental-illness

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