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Organizations and Individuals Support Medical Workers' Strike

Appeared in the video:
- Hong Kong Financial Industry Employees General Union

- Hong Kong White Collar (Administration and Clerical) Connect Union

- The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries

- Hong Kong Designers Association

- Hong Kong Trading Merchandising and Purchasing Employee Union

- Hong Kong Alliance of Accounting Professionals

- Hong Kong Video Production Union

- Rebecca Sy (Ex. Chairwoman of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Flight Attendants’ Association)

- Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong (Legislator)

- Gary Fan (Ex-Legislator)

- Jackson Lau (District Council Member)

Video credit: Hong Kong Video Production Union

#HKEA #Strike #HongKongMedics
If you want to know why medical staff were on strike in Hong Kong

Look at the picture

Left: Cop, in full hazmat gear

Right: Paramedic, in usual work clothes and a normal surgical mask

#HongKongPolice #HongKongMedics
#HealthCrisis #SupplyShortage
Medical Resource Shortage in Hong Kong: Hospital Staff Forced to Use Less Masks, Drink Less Water and Limit Bathroom Breaks

It had become clearer by the day that Hong Kong public hospitals are low on protective gear for its staff, especially in N95 masks, surgical masks and hazmat suits.

Medical workers on the frontline in Hong Kong revealed that the North District Hospital requested the Hospital Authority (#HA) for more of the 1870+ N95 masks, yet the HA had yet to replenish their supplies. Since the 1870+ masks fit most staffers, they ran out really quickly. Most workers thus had to use other models which did not fit snuggly on their faces, which had potential problems like air leakage or being too tight on the nose, all of which are crucial in ensuring maximum protection.

Currently, Tuen Mun Hospital only allowed phlebotomists to use one mask per day, in order to save the little supplies they have got left. This caused some staff members to drink less water and limit their bathroom breaks so they don't have to change their protective wear.

The Hospital Workers' union were concerned about the lack of protective gear supply and how that would endanger the staff and patients and increase the chance of contamination.

Thousands of medical workers went on a 5-day-strike last week to get the government to close the borders, as well as to request the Hospital Authority to publish the numbers of protective gear they have in stock, in order to make sure frontline staffers have enough of what they need to protect themselves and the patients. The Department of Food and Hygiene and Hospital Authority claimed on the 6th Feb that they have enough supplies to last three months but refused to publish actual numbers. On the 8th Feb, soon after the strike was halted, the HA then overturned their previous claim, stating that there were only 1 month worth of surgical masks left.

The Hospital Authority Employee Alliance (#HAEA) questioned how the number of supplies can drop from 3 months to 1 month in merely 2 days, and whether the HA was attempting to deceive their staff.

Source: CNews
#Feb10 #ChinesePneumonia #HospitalAuthority #FaceMasks #HongKongMedics
#HealthCrisis #HongKongMedics
Stinky Sewage Liquid, Dust and Stains: Poor Sanitary Condition in Tuen Mun Hospital Dormintory

Hong Kong's Tuen Mun Hospital is notorious in the medical sector for being “hellish”, especially for their nurse’s dormitories. During the coronavirus outbreak, many medical workers decided to move into the hosoital dormitory provided by the hospital, in order to avoid infecting their family members after coming into close contact with coronavirus patients. However, the living condition of the dormitories provided by the hospital is far below standard.

According to medical staff, stinky sewage liquid in black came out from the water faucet in the washroom for at least 10 minutes. The stained-filled mattresses, countertops, floor tiles and rugs were covered in dust. The poor sanitary conditions in these dormitories showed a lack of maintenance and cleanliness over a long period of time.

Source: Stand News #Feb14
http://bit.ly/38qSCpt
#HA #HAEA #TuenMunHospital #CoronavirusOutbreak
#HongKongMedics
Medics in "Dirty Team" Deprived of a Hygienic Room to Rest

According to a nurse in the Prince of Wales Hospital, as a member of the "Dirty Team" she was denied access to the dormitory after her shift was over, as her supervisor was worried that the nurse might contaminate those in the resting room.

The nurse found the arrangement chaotic, as she was sent to a temporary isolation quarter shared by male and female medical staff, where no cleaning staff was deployed. There were stains on the bedsheet and hair on the pillow case. She felt disrespected and was down-hearted, describing the incident as a terrible blow to staff morale.

Source: Stand News
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/2879303255488609/

#Feb24 #ChineseCoronavirus #DirtyTeam #MedicalStaff
#WuhanPneumonia #ThirdWave #CoronavirusPandemic
‘Third Wave Of Infections Will Come From China’, Hong Kong Microbiologist Says Medical Staff Might Need to Reuse Disinfected N95 Masks

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Dr. Yuen Kwok-yung warned that China is facing another wave of infections that could eventually bring a ‘third wave’ of cases to Hong Kong.

Yuen mentioned that it will likely be caused by China going back to work en masse and the recent return of overseas Chinese from virus hotspots like the United States or Europe.

“This kind of cycle will continue on and on until we have an effective vaccine, or we acquire herd immunity, where about 60-80 percent of people are immune to Covid-19.”

Yuen states that he is not optimistic about the epidemic in Hong Kong at this stage, and medical staff might need to be prepared to reuse disinfected N95 masks, similar to what had been in during SARS in 2003.

Source: Commercial Radio 881903; RTHK

#Apr5 #YuenKwokYun #HongKongMedics #FaceMasks
Proven by OHCHR: Hong Kong Healthcare Workers Subjected to Intimidation, Assaults and Arrests during Civil-Rights Movement

#FirstAiders #PoliceState #OHCHR #HongKongMedics #HumanRights

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Proven by OHCHR: Hong Kong Healthcare Workers Subjected to Intimidation, Assaults and Arrests during Civil-Rights Movement

Editor's Notes:
Since the start of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, we have witnessed the absolute abuse of power by the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF).

As a force with the responsibility of protecting and guarding homeland security, not only had the HKPF failed terribly in performing their most basic duties, but they also bent the laws to a point whereby blatant crimes committed by their officers are covered up. The course of justice has been perverted.

The establishment is clearly using the force as a political tool, empowering them with power and authority in order to snuff the embers freedom and democracy.

The following is extracted from a report prepared by the Special Rapporteurs from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), concerning the abuse of healthcare workers including first aiders in Hong Kong.

These are only some exemplary incidents documented.

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(A) Harassment, intimidation and arrest of healthcare workers, including first-aiders:

1. In August 2019, a female paramedic was hit in the right eye by a pellet round allegedly shot by a police officer during a demonstration in Tsim Sha Tsui.

2. In August 2019, a first-aider was arrested in Kwun Tong station for possessing three pairs of scissors and saline for his duties.

3. In early October 2019, a first-aider who had identified himself was allegedly subdued by a riot policeman during a violent protest.

4. Large numbers of healthcare workers have been arrested and hand-cuffed with zip-cords.
Example: in November 2019 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

(B) Restrictions imposed on impartial healthcare:

The police have restricted the access of healthcare workers, either doctors, nurses or first-aiders, to the injured even when no other source of medical help was available.

1. In August 2019, a first-aider (paramedic) was obstructed by the police when he was trying to provide medical assistance to people who were injured as a result of the police’s forced entry and blocking of the Prince Edward MTR.

2. In November 2019, an ambulance was allegedly blocked by police officers. The paramedics were trying to attend to an injured student who fell from a multistory parking lot located at Tseung Kwan O.

3. Police officers have often denied prompt access to medical care (despite the serious injuries some arrested persons have suffered) and have delayed securing an ambulance until five to 10 hours.

4. In August, police officers arrested a man and zip-tied his hands behind his back for several hours, disregarding his complaints of intense pain.

(C) Misuse of healthcare transport, facilities and confidential information:

1. Law enforcement officers have used ambulances to transport personnel and equipment, including weapons and ammunitions.

2. In November 2019 at Tsim Sha Tsui, police officers hiding in an ambulance allegedly arrested a 20-year-old female protester and attempted to escort her into the ambulance.

3. Undercover police officers have allegedly impersonated first-aiders to arrest injured protesters, while pretending to help them.

4. Police patrol around hospitals and their tracking of medical-in- confidence information has made patients lose trust in the protection of their personal data.

5. Confidential medical information such as X-ray images and patient's documents are released on social media, breaching patient confidentiality.

6. Doctors struggle to attribute the cause of injuries to the police, and sometimes are forced to prepare vague hospital discharge summaries.

For example, in the case where a rubber-bullet was the cause of blindness, the diagnosis was “blunt injury, mechanism not specified.”

Full Report:
https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=25054

#FirstAiders #PoliceState #OHCHR #HongKongMedics #HumanRights
#Authoritarianism #PoliticalRetribution
Hospital Authorities Launch Political Revenge on Staff On Strike, Hong Kong Medical Doctors Fear to Become the Next Li Wenliang

A number of labor unions including the Hospital Authorities Employment Association (HAEA) have plans to go on strike in protest of the national security law in Hong Kong.

Fan Hung-Ling, chairman of the Hospital Authorities (HA) called the plan to strike "political", violating the neutrality of the HA, and that would not succeed.

The Hospital Authorities even hired a team of lawyers to study the legal issues related to the strike back in February.

Fan said that the human resource department would be responsible for following up on the previous strike, but he did not disclose the costs associated with hiring the lawyers.

According to Law Cheuk-Yiu, the vice-chairman of HAEA, many are concerned that after the implementation of the national security law, medical personnel will not be able to speak freely. The situation might get worse like what happened to the late Dr. Li Wen Liang in Wuhan China. Dr. Li was a whistleblower warning of the Covid-19 outbreak in China. He was accused by the Communist government for disseminating fake news and eventually died of the disease.

Similarly, Hong Kong microbiologist and SARS expert Professor Yuen Kwok-yung has been heavily criticized in China, after he criticized China’s handling of the pandemic in a paper. With the implementation of the national security law, Law said, no one can guarantee if medical staff can tell the truth in the future.

Law also criticized Fan, the chairman of the HA, for having a double standard when Fan claimed that medical staff should not talk about politics nor have a political stance. Law pointed out that how Fan hastily characterized potential strikes as "political strikes" is precisely being political and suppressive. Law reiterated that if medical staff are afraid to tell the truth because of the national security law in the future, it will ultimately affect the treatment of the patients.

Source: Apple Daily
#HAEA #HongKongMedics #HA #Strike
#FirstHand #ExclusiveInterview
Interview with Dr. Ma Chung-yee: Doctor, Union Leader, Hongkonger

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/23364

Dr. Ma Chung-Yee is the chairperson of the Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association (HKPDA), which represents over 7,000 doctors in Hong Kong’s public hospitals. Well-experienced as a geriatric and physiatry specialist, Dr. Ma has always been on the forefront against the all-too-relevant menace of disease and pain.

Though freshly graduated from school during the 2003 SARS outbreak, she served the Hong Kong people in Ward 8A of the Prince of Wales Hospital, the epicenter of the epidemic. Now 17 years later, she has found herself once again on the frontlines combating the far-more-deadly Coronavirus pandemic.

Yet this time, she was met with new enemies. To Dr. Ma the Union Leader, the government cracked down on labour rights by designating the General Strike Referendum as illegal and was widely criticized by restraining medical supplies to public hospitals because of alleged sympathy among medical workers for the Anti-Extradition bill movement. To Dr. Ma the Doctor, police brutality throughout the civic protests since last June raised concerns about the Police’s mental capabilities to properly carry out their duties.

Standing at the conjecture in this most turbulent of times, she told Guardians of Hong Kong reporter about her views on the aforementioned issues, as an union leader, as a doctor, and as a Hongkonger.

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#Pandemic #HKPDA #HongKongMedics #MaChungYee
#OpinionArticle #UniversalTest #COVID19Test
An Open Letter from an Ordinary Hong Kong Doctor to Secretary for Food & Health 

Published on Stand News on August 27, 2020, the open letter raises questions over the universal COVID-19 testing scheme organized by the Hong Kong SAR Government, with test results run by Chinese companies.

These questions include:

- "For citizens who have taken the test, should they undergo self-quarantine while awaiting the result?"

- "As the coronavirus might mutate, when should one go for a second test despite the first negative result?"

Read all the questions raised:

https://telegra.ph/An-Open-Letter-from-an-Ordinary-Hong-Kong-Doctor-to-Secretary-for-Food--Health-09-06

Source: Stand News #Aug27

#SophiaChan #HongKongMedics #SelfQuarantine #RecurrentInfection