Authority tightens supervision of non-public clinics for SARS
( 2003-12-05 22:44) (Xinhua)
The Chinese Health Ministry recently issued a notice to require health
departments of all levels to enhance supervision of non-state-owned clinics to
prevent the recurrence of SARS.
The ministry said in a circular issued on Friday that a supervision team from
the State Council had discovered that many medical staff of local private
clinics were not well-trained, which posed a danger to the prevention of SARS
(severe acute respiratory syndrome).
The ministry asked local health departments to check out all non-state-owned
clinics in their precinct, help train medical staff and close illegal ones.
All the private clinics should record fever patients, transfer those who
couldn't be excluded as SARS patients to hospitals with fever clinics and report
to the local disease prevention and control center immediately, said the
ministry.
Those who fail to transfer patients and thus cause the outbreak and spread of
SARS or cause severe health damage to the public would be punished according to
the law, the circular said.
The ministry also required hospitals to strictly implement relevant SARS
technical guides to secure the protection of medical staff working in fever
clinics.
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