The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of hong kong east cluster hkec 2004016 and was registered at. Expedia has more than 640,000 properties to browse but we make it easy with advanced search functionality. In 1949, the hong kong tuberculosis, chest and heart diseases association constructed. Kwong wah hospital, caritas medical centre or united christian hospital in kowloon. This page features the nurses working in the ruttonjee hospital in hong kong. Trauma system in hong kong leung 2010 surgical practice. A total of 64 patients from four tertiary and regional hospitals in hong kong queen mary hospital, pamela youde nethersole eastern hospital, queen elizabeth hospital, and ruttonjee hospital were included from 1st january 2020 to 5th march 2020 see figure 1. Department of surgery, ruttonjee hospital, queens road east, wanchai, hong kong sar. Dr yuen graduated from the faculty of medicine university of hong kong in 1979. One of the two most important things you can do to improve your recovery. We encourage you to shower the evening of the first day after surgery. Thoracic sympathectomy can result in reduced sweating and disturbed peripheral vascular and. On your way to a strong heart heart surgery information. His concerns about an epidemic of tuberculosis in the 1940s, during the japanese occupation, which claimed the life of his daughter in 1943, 2 led him to found the hong kong antituberculosis association now the hong.
Ruttonjee hospital, hong kong special administrative region, china r. Click on the picture or on the link to see a larger version and more details. Lui chun tat, edward tuen mun hospital, hong kong editors cevik arif alper, united arab emirates university, uae chan takkuen, ruttonjee hospital, hong kong chan yiu cheung united christian hospital, hong kong cheung koon ho, ralph prince of wales hospital, hong kong fung hin tat, jeffrey tuen mun hospital, hong kong. Colorectal cancer crc affects over one million people each year worldwide tenesa and dunlop, 2009. The primary route for the spread of covid19 is thought to be through aerosolized droplets that are expelled during coughing, sneezing, or breathing, but there also are concerns about possible airborne transmission. The escalation scheme followed the modified fibonacci scheme commonly used in phase i trials. This difference may be partly accounted by the premature termination of antiplatelet therapy during. Fookhong ng, md, department of medicine, ruttonjee hospital, 266 queens road east, wai chai, hong kong, china, correspondence information about the author fookhong ng. Splenic artery aneurysm saa is defined as an abnormal dilatation of the splenic artery more than 1 cm in diameter. Performance of a prehospital trauma diversion system in hong kong. There were 35 patients on the observation arm and 36 patients on the end arm.
Mar 31, 2010 veriah died in the ruttonjee hospital on 2 january 2000 after an epileptic seizure. Secretariat, hong kong society of minimal access surgery limited, co room 304, admin block, ruttonjee hospital, wanchai, hong. On hk island, queen mary hospital qmh, a designated trauma center, is linked with ruttonjee hospital rh. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding during antiplatelet therapy.
From 20112012 to 20152016, the riskadjusted observedtoexpected mortality ratios showed a significant downward trend for both emergency and elective operations. Hepatocellular carcinoma hcc is the third most common cause of cancerrelated death. Prior to surgery you will be given a special soap to shower with both the evening before and the morning of surgery. The journal considers articles examining all aspects of clinical practice and emergency medicine research in the hospital and. Although it is not clear whether there is any direct relationship between aplastic anemia and gastrointestinal cancers, a retrospective analysis. Is previous thoracic sympathectomy a risk factor for. Oral and cutaneous myiases caused by chrysomya bezziana. Reduction of operative mortality after implementation of surgical. Prospective randomized study of selective neck dissection. Hypopharyngeal canceris nota commoncancerbut itisconsideredtobeone of the deadliest of all. The overall burden of the disease is set to increase further from the increasing incidence rates in asian and african populations associated with the. With the provision of a designated team of surgeons, anaesthetists and specially trained nurses, the outcome has been. Ruttonjee hospital has a 24hour accident and emergency service with a full range of acute specialist and ambulatory services. Submucosal tumor extension in hypopharyngeal cancer jama.
Nonprofit catholic general hospital with 150 beds and a range of clinics including child care and maternity. Ruttonjee hospital is a hospital in wan chai on hong kong island in hong kong. He was appointed consultant surgeon in 1992 and was given the task to set up the surgical department in ruttonjee hospital, where he has been working since then. After surgery you will be in the intensive care unit for 12 to 24 hours before transferring to the cardiovascular progressive care unit. Chan hw, wong cp, liu sh community geriatric assessment teams j hk geriatr soc 1996. Centrally located in wan chai, the ruttonjee hospital is a recently redeveloped hospital when. Both hospitals are funded by the hospital authority of hong kong. Our patients have access to the most specialized surgeons focused on heart and lung, vascular, orthopaedic, urologic, colorectal and other areas of expertise, as well as highly experienced general surgeons. The association of gastrointestinal malignancy with aplastic anemia has rarely been reported in the literature. Regrettably, we cannot permit selection of nondisclosure items at this stage.
Surgical care at the district hospital world health organization. Department of surgery, the university of hong kong, queen mary hospital, 102 pokfulam road, hong kong sar. Department of surgery, queen mary hospital, hong kong, china. Hospital governing committee pdf introduction ruttonjee hospital provides accident and emergency and selected specialist services. Please message for pdf as the product may be submitted as a patent. Context colorectal neoplasm and coronary artery disease cad share similar risk factors, and their cooccurrence may be associated objectives to investigate the prevalence of colorectal neoplasm in patients with cad in a crosssectional study and to identify the predisposing factors for the association of the 2 diseases.
Prevalence of colorectal neoplasm among patients with. Famotidine is inferior to pantoprazole in preventing. Although it is not clear whether there is any direct relationship between aplastic anemia and gastrointestinal cancers, a retrospective analysis did suggest the notion that patients with aplastic anemia might have a higher incidence of colorectal cancer. He had previously received bilateral thoracic sympathectomy for axillary hyperhidrosis at another hospital, and was known to have upper body and limb anhidrosis. List of hospitals that keep copies of application form a. Trauma accounts for 6% of population mortality in hong kong hk. From 20092010 to 20152016, the overall crude mortality rate decreased from 10.
Dosing scheme, dose limiting toxicity and maximum tolerated dose. Hospital pays compensation over racism death world news. Hong kong journal of emergency medicine editorial details editorinchief leung, ling pong university of hong kong, hong kong deputyeditorinchief lui chun tat, edward tuen mun hospital, hong kong editors cevik arif alper, united arab emirates university, uae chan takkuen, ruttonjee hospital, hong kong chan yiu cheung united christian hospital, hong kong. It is currently the third commonest malignancy and the fourth commonest cause of cancerrelated mortality in the world stewart et al, 2003. Submucosal tumor extension in hypopharyngeal cancer. Gottlieb memorial hospital attracts surgeons from throughout the western suburbs, including several of chicagos top doctors. Comparing noncancer and cancer deaths in hong kong. The journal exclusively publish online scientific articles on surgery and related research. Ruttonjee hospital is situated at the former site of the seamens hospital, which was opened in 1843 and later became the royal naval hospital from 1873 to 1942. Feb 10, 2012 the association of gastrointestinal malignancy with aplastic anemia has rarely been reported in the literature. A phase 1 doseescalating study of pegylated recombinant. Hospital chief executive ruttonjee hospital, hong kong. The impact of hospice inpatient care on the quality of life. Relocation of tang shiu hospital accident and emergency department to ruttonjee hospital.
Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy in hong kong chinese. Christian nonprofit hospital with high quality of care and a hightech approach, with both hong kong island and new territories. Ruttonjee was born in 1880 in bombay to hormusjee ruttonjee and dina ruttonjee and came to hong kong in 1892 to join his father. Data variable definitions were listed in the operation manual of the. Hong kong journal of emergency medicine sage publications inc. Department of medicine, queen mary hospital, 102 pokfulam road, hong kong, chinasearch for more papers by this author. It was first described on cadavers in 1770 by beaussier. Dr w c yuen, cos, department of surgery, ruttonjee hospital cme points will be accredited by the college of surgeons of hong kong limited parking space available, please contact ms corina wong at e2291 36 sponsor. It accounts for approximately 60 % of all visceral arterial aneurysms. Ruptured splenic artery aneurysm detected by emergency. Ruttonjee hospital is a 15story highrise building in hong kong, hong kong, china. In the situation we describe, 85% of health care workers were exposed during an aerosolgenerating procedure while wearing a surgical mask, and the remainder were. Colon cancer in a patient with underlying aplastic anemia.
It is the leading cause of death in the 1544 years age group, resulting in a significant number of working. Types of surgery offered at gottlieb memorial hospital. Our hospital enforced standard droplet precautions and mandated the use of surgical masks in all clinical areas, with additional appropriate ppe as stated above when caring for suspect covid19 patients. Hospital governing committee hospital governing committee pdf introduction ruttonjee hospital provides accident and emergency and selected specialist services. We report the case of a physically fit young man who presented with severe, lifethreatening heat stroke after running a 10 km road race. Covid19 infection was confirmed by rtpcr on nasopharyngeal swabs and throat swabs. Context colorectal neoplasm and coronary artery disease cad share similar risk factors, and their cooccurrence may be associated objectives to investigate the prevalence of colorectal neoplasm in patients with cad in a crosssectional study and to identify the predisposing factors for the association of the 2 diseases design, setting, and participants patients in hong kong, china, were. All the patients were followed up prospectively at the out. We believe these measures collectively protected our hcws in this exposure 5.
Dr edward kinleung hui presentations 1 lymphovenous anastomosis, the possible cure for secondary lymphoedema of extremities. Oct 05, 2009 the royal naval hospital was severely damaged during wwii and with the efforts and funding of jehangir hormusjee ruttonjee, the hospital was relaunched in 1949 as the ruttonjee sanatorium, which was in memory of his daughter, tehmi ruttonjeedesai, who died of tuberculosis in 1943. Ruttonjee donated a great deal of money to build ruttonjee sanatorium, now ruttonjee hospital, to fight against tuberculosis. The night before, she had complained to jacques about her poor treatment, saying she was at the bottom of the. This is a mega journal that aims to serve the surgeons across the globe.
A statutory body established on 1 december 1990 under the hospital authority ordinance to manage all public hospitals in hong kong. Outpatient laparoscopic cholecystectomy in hong kong. Under our current system, if you object to disclosure, both the fact of your hospitalization and your ward bed number will not be disclosed. Dlt was defined as any grade 4 toxicities, grade 3 neutropenia or the occurrence of neutropenic sepsis, grade 3 thrombocytopenia or.
Its surgical department enjoys high acclaim as the ruttonjee is the only hospital in hong kong to provide. While longterm survival of patients with early hcc amenable to surgical treatment has improved in recent years, prognosis of patients with advanced disease remains poor with the median overall survival os usually around 3 months from the time of diagnosis of the advanced disease. A territorywide study of early covid19 outbreak in hong. Medical record computerization was implemented in 1991 at queen mary hospital and in 1995 at ruttonjee hospital.
In 2016, over 80% of all hospital admissions in hong kong were under the management of the ha. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy lc is now the procedure of choice for symptomatic gallbladder disease. Data were collected from patients by devising a hospice care performance inventory hcpi, which was an interview schedule consisting of 25 items. View a detailed profile of the structure 3953 including further data and descriptions in the emporis database. It was founded on the mount shadwell, wan chai site which was formerly occupied by the royal naval hospital, which was severely damaged during the second world war in 1949, the ruttonjee sanatorium chinese.
Remove all jewelry including rings, watches, necklaces and earrings before coming to the hospital. Jeremy yeung queen mary university of london london. The li ka shing faculty of medicine hkumed, formerly the faculty of medicine of the university of hong kong is a medical faculty which comprises several schools and departments that provide an array of tertiary programmes in medicine, nursing, pharmacy and chinese medicine. Although many recent studies, mostly from abroad, report that it can be performed safely in the outpatient setting, the experience of outpatient lc in hong kong is still limited. Currently, he is the chief of service of surgery in. Expect to be in the hospital for four days after surgery. Admission office on gf, hospital main building, ruttonjee hospital.
Replication study of snp associations for colorectal. Tung wah hospital, a universitybased day surgery centre, day surgery comprised 19. This is a prospective randomized study of elective selective i, ii, iii neck dissection versus observation for n0 neck of stage i to ii oral tongue carcinoma. It is the third most common intraabdominal aneurysm, following aortic and iliac artery aneurysms. Ruttonjee hospital is located in the heart of wan chai san november 12, 20 the emergency service only has one doc and if you aint dying you aint priority and you wait in pain. Department of medicine and geriatric, ruttonjee hospital, hong kong, china. Ruttonjee hospital is an acute hospital providing accident and emergency and specialist services. For this purpose, the ha coordinating committee of surgery set up a central surgical audit unit in 2001. Department of medicine, queen mary hospital, hong kong, china. Reduction of operative mortality after implementation of. English is the medium of instruction in all of the classes while chinese is also retained for the teaching of chinese. It is affiliated with the li ka shing faculty of medicine, at the university of hong kong, and provides clinical attachment opportunities for the universitys medical students. Frequency and distribution of chest radiographic findings. Surgery,kwongwahhospital drhoandtheuniversityof hongkong,queenmary hospital drslam,wei,and yuen,andthedepartmentof pathology,ruttonjeehospital drng,hongkong,peoples republicofchina.
The impact of hospice inpatient care on the quality of. Centre for cancer research, the university of hong kong, hong kong, china. Chan summary in line with the corporate vision of the hospital authority to lead in collaborating with other health. Its history goes back more than 170 years, and it was a naval and military hospital and later a tuberculosis sanatorium before it was transformed into a general hospital in 1991. From the departments of surgery, kwong wah hospital dr ho and the university of hong kong, queen mary hospital drs lam, wei, and yuen, and the department of pathology, ruttonjee hospital dr ng, hong kong, peoples republic of china. Clinics in surgery aims to publish high quality surgery scholarly articles that are interesting to read, share, and distribute. Surgery scholarly articles online scientific articles on. Costs at ruttonjee hospital are determined by the hospital authority. Notes on the health authoritys website it was a naval and military hospital until 1949, when it had been converted into the ruttonjee sanatorium, with the support of mr ruttonjee and the hong kong tuberculosis, chest and heart diseases association.
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