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They only wear gloves on one hand, the other hand no gloves and they use the raw fingers to feel, that's why I think it's unhygienic

 

I wish the healthcare workers can be better trained

our NS medic is much better

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Hehehe...really meh....got lotsa TLC huh [:p]

you know lah... they only 18-19 yo..

I'm sure given the chance, some members here would like to draw their blood... [nosebleed]

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you know lah... they only 18-19 yo..

I'm sure given the chance, some members here would like to draw their blood... [nosebleed]

Kekekekeeeee.....u must be one of them [:p]

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you know lah... they only 18-19 yo..

I'm sure given the chance, some members here would like to draw their blood... [nosebleed]

😂😂😂

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Ok all the sh!t-stirrers here, I AM NOT from the 70% camp but I do work at the institution in question so basically to address all your conspiracy theories:

MOH WAS NOT and WILL NOT be "alerted" over an outbreak until results of the strain shows that they come from the same genetic cluster. Moreover, prematurely declaring an outbreak will cause unnecessary distress and panic to patients, as well as members of the public.

Can you imagine what would happen if a respiratory symptom was haphazardly announced to be an outbreak of SARS?

So please, think ... use the god-given grey matter in your thick skulls.

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Expected so much more from someone who had the gall to tell others to use their brains...

 

 

Nowhere in your post did you explain why MOH took such a long time to release the information to the public.

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eh? I thought if got new kidney no need go dialysis liao? so no need go renal ward?

 

if u just transplant, the kidney takes sometime to fully function, u may need a very short period of interim dialysis.

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ShuQun Secondary School change Principal after Viral bully video

SGH got 22 infected n 8 dead got change Top honcho?

 

You wish. Minister of Health is one of those that weren't changed this time around

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951 patients, healthcare workers to be screened for hepatitis C, almost double earlier estimate

 

A total of 951 people will need to be screened for the hepatitis C virus in the wake of an outbreak that has possibly killed at least four patients. ST PHOTO: ALICIA CHAN

PUBLISHED22 MIN AGO

 

Pearl Lee

SINGAPORE - A total of 951 people - almost twice as many as an estimate on Tuesday - will need to be screened for the hepatitis C virus in the wake of an outbreak that has possibly killed at least four patients, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) said on Thursday night.

 

This includes both patients and healthcare workers.

 

In a statement sent at 10pm, SGH said it is "proactively contacting" 678 patients who stayed in wards 64A and 67 from January to June this year.

 

 

 

Of the patients, 267 were admitted from January to March, while another 411 were from April to June.

 

Ward 64A is the hospital's renal ward, but was renovated from April to June. The patients were transferred to Ward 67 during the renovation period.

 

As of 6pm on Thursday night, SGH has already contacted 298 patients, with 251 of them confirming their screening appointments.

 

To date, 78 patients have been screened, it said, with results to be out a week after the test.

 

A group of 273 healthcare workers will need to be screened too, it added.

 

Of this pool, SGH said it has already screened 169 of them, including doctors and nurses who had directly cared for renal patients, and other doctors who had covered the wards in the six-month period.

 

SGH had announced on Tuesday that 22 of its patients were infected with hepatitis C in an outbreak. All of them had been hospitalised for kidney problems between April and June.

 

Eight of them have died. Four of the deaths are linked to the viral infection, while three were due to unrelated causes. Another death is pending investigation.

 

On Tuesday, Professor Fong Kok Yong, chairman of SGH's medical board, said the hospital is screening 411 patients who had passed through the affected wards between January and June, as well as 42 doctors and 51 nurses who had cared for the affected patients.

 

He had said then that the hospital had looked through its records of all patients who had passed through the affected wards and had "identified 411 of them, whom we'll be calling back just to check".

 

Patients have also been calling SGH to enquire about the hepatitis C cluster since it made the announcement on Tuesday.

 

The hospital said it has received such calls from 157 patients who did not stay in the affected wards during the period.

 

It said: "The hospital reassured them that patients in other wards and visitors need not be screened as the hepatitis C virus is not air-borne."


Sounds serious! Goodness gracious...

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ShuQun Secondary School change Principal after Viral bully video

SGH got 22 infected n 8 dead got change Top honcho?

 

 

there are 62 principal changing end of this year, not only ShuQun lor.

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951 patients, healthcare workers to be screened for hepatitis C, almost double earlier estimate

 

A total of 951 people will need to be screened for the hepatitis C virus in the wake of an outbreak that has possibly killed at least four patients. ST PHOTO: ALICIA CHAN

PUBLISHED22 MIN AGO

 

Pearl Lee

SINGAPORE - A total of 951 people - almost twice as many as an estimate on Tuesday - will need to be screened for the hepatitis C virus in the wake of an outbreak that has possibly killed at least four patients, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) said on Thursday night.

 

This includes both patients and healthcare workers.

 

In a statement sent at 10pm, SGH said it is "proactively contacting" 678 patients who stayed in wards 64A and 67 from January to June this year.

 

 

 

Of the patients, 267 were admitted from January to March, while another 411 were from April to June.

 

Ward 64A is the hospital's renal ward, but was renovated from April to June. The patients were transferred to Ward 67 during the renovation period.

 

As of 6pm on Thursday night, SGH has already contacted 298 patients, with 251 of them confirming their screening appointments.

 

To date, 78 patients have been screened, it said, with results to be out a week after the test.

 

A group of 273 healthcare workers will need to be screened too, it added.

 

Of this pool, SGH said it has already screened 169 of them, including doctors and nurses who had directly cared for renal patients, and other doctors who had covered the wards in the six-month period.

 

SGH had announced on Tuesday that 22 of its patients were infected with hepatitis C in an outbreak. All of them had been hospitalised for kidney problems between April and June.

 

Eight of them have died. Four of the deaths are linked to the viral infection, while three were due to unrelated causes. Another death is pending investigation.

 

On Tuesday, Professor Fong Kok Yong, chairman of SGH's medical board, said the hospital is screening 411 patients who had passed through the affected wards between January and June, as well as 42 doctors and 51 nurses who had cared for the affected patients.

 

He had said then that the hospital had looked through its records of all patients who had passed through the affected wards and had "identified 411 of them, whom we'll be calling back just to check".

 

Patients have also been calling SGH to enquire about the hepatitis C cluster since it made the announcement on Tuesday.

 

The hospital said it has received such calls from 157 patients who did not stay in the affected wards during the period.

 

It said: "The hospital reassured them that patients in other wards and visitors need not be screened as the hepatitis C virus is not air-borne."

Sounds serious! Goodness gracious...

 

 

yup...i hv to go blood test too just to be clear....

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