Interview Excerpt
| Interviewee details | |
| Interviewee | Professor Hui Shu Cheong, David |
| Job title during SARS | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories |
| Appointment held at time of interview |
Stanley Ho Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK Director, Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, CUHK Head of Division of Respiratory Medicine, CUHK |
| Language / Dialect | Cantonese |
Summary of interview
Dr. David Hui Shu Cheong reviews his work in Prince of Wales Hospital during SARS. He was the Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine and participated in treating SARS patients, research and rehabilitation work. He talks about the initial disease outbreak in Ward 8A of Prince of Wales Hospital, his colleagues catching the disease, division of labor and morale. He gives details about the change in the scheme of treating the disease, compares the effects of various medications such as antibiotics, Ribavirin, steroids, administering convalescent serum and interferon. He also talks about the improvement of disease prevention measures in Hong Kong public hospitals after SARS.