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标 题: Shanghai's two SARS patients recovering
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年04月24日20:51:05 星期四), 站内信件
Shanghai's two SARS patients recovering
Three experts from the World Health Organization Wednesday visited the Shang
hai Municipal Infectious Diseases Hospital, which is treating the city's onl
y two confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients.
Dressed in exposure suits with masks, hats and foot covers, they visited the
SARS isolation ward.
After two hours of careful inspection, Dr. James Maguire, head of the WHO ex
pert team, told reporters that the situation in this hospital is "incredibly
good".
Dr. Maguire took the temperatures and pulses of the patients and asked them
questions about when and where they contracted the disease. He also asked th
em how they were feeling and about their treatment.
Ms. Li, hospitalized on March 31, became Shanghai's first suspected SARS pat
ient. Four days later, her 68-year-old father reported a high fever and was
confirmed to be the city's second SARS case.
Li, who no longer depends on an artificial respirator, told the WHO experts
that she felt much better, and that she had no symptoms of high fever, cough
, phlegm or respiratory distress.
She has begun eating normally and stopped taking bacteriophage, antiviral me
dicines and immuno globurne.
Her father is also stable, although still using the respirator.
"They're getting better, which is impressive," said Dr. Maguire, who, along
with his team, has declined interviews since they arrived in Shanghai.
Six WHO experts started evaluating the status of SARS prevention and treatme
nt in Shanghai on Tuesday.
They have randomly selected several targets for investigation among 216 hosp
itals and 20 centers of disease control and prevention (CDC) in Shanghai, in
cluding 7 military hospitals.
They visited Shanghai No. 6 People's Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, which ha
d previously identified four suspected cases. Three were later discharged as
non-SARS cases, and the other was transferred to the Shanghai Municipal Inf
ectious Diseases Hospital, which now hosts 10 suspected patients of the flu-
like disease.
The WHO team also visited a military hospital, two CDCs and a community heal
th-care service center on Wednesday afternoon.
Shanghai has established a three-level prevention and treatment network with
CDCs at the core.
In addition to four designated hospitals, 110 monitoring posts have been set
up citywide to monitor and report to the municipal health bureau on a daily
basis.
Hospitals are asked to open special clinics for SARS patients and record det
ails of potential cases.
The WHO experts told Xinhua that they admire Shanghai's network. It benefits
China and the world, said Dr. Maguire.
In addition, the Shanghai municipal government has promised to inform Shangh
ai's expatriate community on the SARS situation once a week.
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