Sever acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) - Overwhelming public fears and confusion

Introduction SARS is the first severe and readily transmissible new disease to emerge in the 21st century. Though much about the disease remains poorly understood and frankly puzzling. The outbreaks of SARS in Hong Kong have threatened the health system and public confidence. All what we seen from the previous spread of SARS has exposed the weaknesses of current health system and miscalculation. This essay shall discuss the weakness of health system and give insight …

…changes. In this sense, the government had to take concrete action to flight the disease and give concrete message to reduce public confusion. The outbreak of SARS had revealed the major problem of Hong Kong health system and it is not only a local issue. Countries in the world clearly faced inadequate capacity in hospital and health system. The implication is already obvious: it is time to reassess our competence in confronting future challenges now.