Interview Excerpt
Interviewee details | |
Interviewee | Dr Kwok Yuk Lung |
Job title during SARS | Medical Officer, Intensive Care Unit of Yan Chai Hospital; Medical Officer, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, New Territories |
Appointment held at time of interview | Specialist Physician in Respiratory Medicine, in private practice |
Language / Dialect | Cantonese |
He was a colleague of Dr. Tse Yuen Man, a respiratory medicine specialist in TMH, who was infected with SARS at work and lost her life in the battle against this deadly disease. In the interview, Dr. Kwok also elaborates on the working environment of frontline healthcare workers in public hospitals during SARS and their improvisation of personal protection equipment.