Public hospitals have begun installing ventilators in more general wards to repurpose rooms to treat Covid-19 patients. Photo: Felix Wong
Coronavirus: half of all beds at Hong Kong public hospitals to be set aside within week for Covid patients amid exponential growth in cases
- Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan says 50 per cent figure was suggested by top mainland Chinese epidemiologist Dr Liang Wannian
- Two hospitals already designated for coronavirus cases only, with more ‘in the pipeline’, Fan says
Public hospitals have begun installing ventilators in more general wards to repurpose rooms to treat Covid-19 patients. Photo: Felix Wong
