Interview Excerpt

Interviewee details
Interviewee Dr Yan Wing Wa
Job title during SARS Consultant, Intensive Care Unit, Princess Margaret Hospital, Kowloon
Appointment held at time of interview Chief of Service, Intensive Care Unit, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
Language / Dialect Cantonese

Summary of interview
Dr. Yan reviews how Princess Margaret Hospital prepared itself to become the designated SARS hospital and the difficulties faced by the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as hundreds of SARS patients were admitted or transferred to the hospital within a week, greatly stretching the capacity of the ICU. He also weighs the pros and cons of setting up a designated SARS hospital and assesses how this event has affected the development of the Intensive Care Unit. He recounts his own story as a SARS patient and the road to recovery.