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淡马亚:沙斯时期医护人员统筹防疫 部门委会仅坐镇幕后

by 网络公民
20/06/2020
in 健康, 冠状病毒(COVID-19), 政治, 新闻, 时事, 舆论
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民主党主席淡马亚指出,有别于目前政府跨部门小组领军冠病19防疫 ,当年沙斯病毒肆虐,都是由医疗人员统筹防疫事务,部门委员会则坐镇幕后,每晚都是由负责防疫的医生向民众报告疫情进展。

他微叹:“也许是时代变了吧。”( I guess that times have changed)

在本月19日的“问问淡马亚”网络直播,有民众询问淡马亚,为何此前仅有少数医生,公开针对政府的防疫措施发声。

他坦言这确实是艰难问题,有一部分因素可能是本地人较不会公开表达看法;但实则在本地疫情开始时,卫生部的医疗人员群组中,例如他医学院同窗的聊天群组,好多人都对防护服、口罩和检测等课题,表达他们的失望。

“但是面向公众,是由跨政府部门防疫小组决策,这稍微有别于当年应对沙斯的做法,部门委会坐镇幕后,由医生领军和对群众报告防疫进展。”

淡马亚也是新加坡国立大学杨潞龄医学院医学系教授。他也在不久前获委2022年出任国际传染病学会主席。

封或不封,需作出坚难取舍

民众也询问淡马亚,我国是否是全球唯一国家,在客工宿舍仍有确诊病例下,推行第二阶段解封?

淡马亚则指出,平心而论,即便卡塔尔、科威特等国,也出现客工宿舍疫情大爆发,死亡率低但年轻客工间确诊率高,但他们也放宽国内管制。

淡马亚指出,解封需要作出艰难取舍,特别是继续封锁管制对国家的影响,例如医院一些手术也因为管制而无法进行。 但反之,例如纽西兰则是因为确诊病例减少而提早解封, 所以比较理想仍然是都达到“零确诊”。

早期不让雇主送客工检测成败笔

淡马亚也针对提问坦言,客工宿舍的客工确实很难做到社交距离,病毒也容易传染。尽管今年3月实里达航空岭出现感染群,但当局也很快的就追踪到接触者和防堵病毒传播。

然而,后来人力部告知雇主不要把客工送检测以确认是否感染病毒,以避免浪费医疗资源,还威胁否则取消雇主的工作证件资格。

淡马直言,这其实就有违防疫策略,当局应当侦测任何可能的病例,并立即隔离、防堵,结果造成形同“钻石公主号”的局面。而目前积极检测、把生病客工带出宿舍隔离则是合理、符合逻辑的。

不过,即便如此都可能无法避免轻微症状或无症状者散播病毒,这就是为何迄今客工宿舍每日仍会传出数以百计的新增确诊。

 

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