PLA Daily 2003-06-19

　　Yesterday afternoon, our reporter got the news at the press conference held in the Xiaotangshan Hospital by Beijing Municipal Government, that the rest patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in this hospital would leave the hospital soon. The rest 31 patients, after consulted by experts, proved to have met the standards for leaving hospital regulated by national health watchdog, the Ministry of Health.

　　Since May 1, 2003, the Xiaotangshan Hospital has received 680 SARS patients from more than 60 hospitals all over Beijing. In another word, the hospital has ten percent of the number of SARS patients all over the world, and one seventh of the number throughout China. After tender treatment and care of doctors and nurses in the hospital, the overwhelming majority of its patients have recovered and left hospital safely. It is reported there are eight cases of death, with a death rate of 1.2 percent. There is none infected by SARS among its 1383 doctors and nurses. Various work of the hospital has reached the expected target. Zhang Yanling, president of the Xiaotangshan Hospital, said the fight against SARS was not yet over, and the hospital would still remain until the entire victory was achieved.

　　By Jiang Wanliu

　　(June 19, PLA Daily)