................otherwise 100's of pregnant mainland woman abusing the Accident & Emergency department of Hong Kong Public Hospitals could be send away easily. So this is the newest trend to just sit pregnant in some shabby Hostel or boarding house and then call the emergency as "suddenly the baby wants to come". Just in relation to the last post - here in Hong Kong Public Hospitals nobody will dare to simply send them away or let them wait too long.
I just wish some of the guys mistreating my old friend in the Shenzhen hospital (post below) would have his pregnant wife begging to get admission in a HK Public Hospital & then let her wait 12 hours !
Please read here from THE STANDARD:
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A&E births double for mainlanders
Mary Ann Benitez Wednesday, December 07, 2011
The number of pregnant mainlanders rushing to Accident and Emergency Departments of public hospitals this year has doubled as compared to 2010, the Hospital Authority revealed.
"The approaching peak season for deliveries along with the suspension of this year's obstetric bookings service for non-local mothers in public hospitals has aggravated the situation in recent months," a spokesman said.
Last month, there was a total of 205 such cases, representing a 99 percent increase over the 103 in November last year.
The trend spiked significantly from May when monthly deliveries through A&E exceeded 100, from an average of 70-80.
In the first 11 months of this year, there were 1,453 such deliveries, up sharply from 708 in the same period last year.
Thirty percent of the 1,453 deliveries were by mainlanders who made prior bookings in public hospitals but were unable to go there in time, the authority said.
In contrast, mainlanders delivered 8,672 babies through appointments at public hospitals up to November 30, as compared to 9,899 for the whole of 2010.
The number of children born to Hong Kong residents has remained stable, at between 30,000 and 32,000 a year, from 2008 until November this year.
Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok said the problem will persist as increasing fees and charges for mainlanders have not had a deterrent effect.
Mainlanders have to pay maternity packages of HK$39,000 on booked deliveries and HK$48,000 for non- booked deliveries at public hospitals.
The authority reminded expectant mainlanders that rushing to A&E at the last minute to deliver posed risks for both them and babies.
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