By Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 17 June 2009 2246 hrs
SINGAPORE: With more H1N1 flu cases expected, the Health Ministry (MOH) says it is prepared to use paediatric ICU facilities in all hospitals here to meet the expected demand at some stage.
Currently, children with H1N1 flu are hospitalised in KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH).
All entrances to the hospital have screening stations, where visitors must have their temperature checked before being allowed entry.
Most visitors Channel NewsAsia spoke to say they are satisfied with the measures taken by KKH, although there are concerns that young patients seeking treatment for other illnesses may be exposed to the H1N1 flu virus.
One said: “When we go inside, they will take the temperature. So I believe it's quite safe.”
The second said: “Supposedly (the patients have) to be (hospitalised) at CDC (Communicable Disease Centre). But as KKH is for children, so what can we say?”
Another said: “I am very scared, because the children… are sensitive and they can get sick quite easily.”
But KKH says it has adopted the necessary procedures to ensure that H1N1 flu patients are isolated from the rest of the patients.
At KKH, suspected H1N1 flu cases are seen at a tentage that is physically separated from the children's emergency department, as a preventive measure. KKH has also set aside three isolation wards for H1N1 flu patients.
These wards and facilities are not shared with other patients, while a dedicated paediatric medical and nursing team provides care for the H1N1 flu infected children.
A dedicated facility for women with infectious diseases has also been activated.
- CNA/yt
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
SINGAPORE: With more H1N1 flu cases expected, the Health Ministry (MOH) says it is prepared to use paediatric ICU facilities in all hospitals here to meet the expected demand at some stage.Currently, children with H1N1 flu are hospitalised in KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH).
All entrances to the hospital have screening stations, where visitors must have their temperature checked before being allowed entry.
Most visitors Channel NewsAsia spoke to say they are satisfied with the measures taken by KKH, although there are concerns that young patients seeking treatment for other illnesses may be exposed to the H1N1 flu virus.
One said: “When we go inside, they will take the temperature. So I believe it's quite safe.”
The second said: “Supposedly (the patients have) to be (hospitalised) at CDC (Communicable Disease Centre). But as KKH is for children, so what can we say?”
Another said: “I am very scared, because the children… are sensitive and they can get sick quite easily.”
But KKH says it has adopted the necessary procedures to ensure that H1N1 flu patients are isolated from the rest of the patients.
At KKH, suspected H1N1 flu cases are seen at a tentage that is physically separated from the children's emergency department, as a preventive measure. KKH has also set aside three isolation wards for H1N1 flu patients.
These wards and facilities are not shared with other patients, while a dedicated paediatric medical and nursing team provides care for the H1N1 flu infected children.
A dedicated facility for women with infectious diseases has also been activated.
- CNA/yt
From ChannelNewsAsia.com; see the source article here.
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