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Latest news and updates on healthcare and hospitals in Hong Kong, including medical issues, the impact of the city's ageing population, coronavirus pandemic and seasonal influenza outbreaks on the health system.
As more of us expect to live for many years after we stop working, there is a growing need to consider how we will live those extra years in sound physical, mental and financial health. Photo: Getty Images
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Future-proofing: how longevity medicine is reshaping health prospects

With people living longer and fewer children being born to support older generations, can preventive longevity medicine help provide a more secure and healthy future?

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Hong Kong

CUHK hospital to repay HK$4 billion public loan early using growing reserves

World Health Organization (WHO)

Hong Kong seeks more details from WHO on hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

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Hospital Authority

Hongkongers to pay only HK$240 a year for leukaemia drug after system shake-up

Hospital Authority says it began subsidising Dasatinib in April, with patients previously paying up to HK$500,000 annually for treatment.

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Dasatinib was reclassified from a “self-financed item” to a “special drug” in the Hospital Authority’s medication database. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

Hong Kong researchers develop ‘world-first’ nasal spray for rapid stroke aid

Treatment intended for initial use by paramedics, before being rolled out to high-risk groups in care facilities and eventually the general public through pharmacies.

Hong Kong

60% of Hong Kong’s homeless plan to cut medical visits amid higher fees: survey

Lack of documents and lengthy process cited as barriers for homeless residents in applying for fee waivers.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong public hospitals to extend time for daily visits from 5 to 9 hours by July 31

Those in two districts will begin new arrangement this month, while visitors at paediatric wards will also get 24-hour access by end of July.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei will offer longer visiting hours from May 2. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

Law allowing terminally ill to refuse life-sustaining care set for July 31 start

Hong Kong law passed in November 2024 will aid patients’ advance care planning while protecting healthcare and rescue personnel, authorities say.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong insurers’ health at risk as medical claims could double in decade

Research finds total reimbursements reached HK$17.73 billion in 2023, up by 61 per cent from HK$10.99 billion in 2019.

Science

China’s thalassaemia jab raises hope for common inherited blood disorder

Original therapy integrating stem cell tech and gene editing could treat a blood disorder with 350 million carriers worldwide.

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Professor Chen Jia (centre), the brain behind the development of the CS-101 therapy. Photo: Handout
Education in Hong Kong

City breaks ground on third medical school’s interim complex, 7 academics hired

Chief Executive John Lee hails school’s strategic role in turning city into healthcare and talent hub and aligning with country’s 15th five-year plan.

(From left) Health minister Lo Chung-Mau; Zhou Ji, director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong; city leader John Lee; Deputy Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong Li Yongsheng; HKUST council chairman Harry Shum; and HKUST president Nancy Ip. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong

Doctor in long-delayed hearing over alleged blunder ‘thought baby was choking’

Dr Sit Sou-chi reveals for first time his initial diagnosis for Li Yuanjian, who was left disabled, but parents refuse to accept his testimony.

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Disease

Hong Kong plans new trial of infecting male mosquitoes to halt offspring growth

‘Mosquito-to-control-mosquito’ strategy will be deployed next year, as government considers stepping up control measures.

Hong Kong

Disciplinary inquiry resumes into doctor’s alleged baby blunder 16 years ago

Inquiry involving Dr Sit Sou-chi, who is accused of medical blunder that left boy permanently disabled, was terminated by council last year.

Li Yuanjian’s parents, Li Zhijian (black jacket) and Peng Hongying, at the Medical Council’s hearing on Friday. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong airport staff offered free measles jabs in bid to prevent outbreak

Three aircraft maintenance workers were recently found to have caught measles.

Measles jabs will be offered to airport staff from Friday. Photo: Sam Tsang
Centre for Health Protection

First local dengue case could lead to outbreak in coming months: health official

Head of Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch says heat, rainy season will create ‘ideal breeding ground’ for mosquitoes.

Cancer

Second cancer shock for Hong Kong actress Kristal Tin. How does disease strike?

Tin says in a social media post cancer cells were found in her lymph nodes, more than a year after she was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s spinal muscular atrophy patients seek aid for injection therapy

Oral medicine subsidies for patients aged 25 or above began early this year but adults still lack public funding for injections.

The Hong Kong Neuro-Muscular Association is calling for expanded medication subsidies for adults with spinal muscular atrophy. Photo: Jess Ma
Hong Kong society

Editorial | HKUST study to decode longevity is the stuff of frontier science

The study could help lay the groundwork for personalised health management strategies, revolutionising how societies approach ageing.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong is ageing, but the real question is where people age

The city’s rapid ageing need not turn into a crisis as long as it can look beyond its borders and tap into regional healthcare systems.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority bars all contractors’ access to data after leak

Authority announces set of measures to strengthen system security after personal data of more than 56,000 patients at United Christian Hospital leaked.

Eric Wong, the Hospital Authority’s chief systems manager for IT strategy and architecture, reveals the new security measures at a press briefing. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Ageing Hong Kong should welcome more open conversations around death

Recent events are nudging Hongkongers to move past long-standing taboos and embrace end-of-life and funeral planning.

Minimal Funeral founder Pasu Ng at his booth at the Smart Retirement Expo in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, on April 5. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Social media

Medical intern suspended after complaint over patient data in social media post

Case comes just days after another Hong Kong doctor was dismissed in a separate but similar privacy controversy.

Wellness

Hong Kong hairstylist’s cancer battle takes him on a crowdfunding campaign

Pitt Cheung and his brother Lego have so far raised thousands for nasopharyngeal cancer treatments not covered by Hong Kong’s public system.

Hong Kong

Girl, 9, in a critical condition with meningococcal infection after holiday in Japan

Girl, who has an underlying illness, visited Japan in a tour group with her family.

The girl is in the intensive care unit at Princess Margaret Hospital. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong

New Kai Tak Hospital to open in 2 phases starting in October

With 2,400 beds, Hong Kong’s largest public hospital will serve patients in Kowloon.

The new hospital has a total gross floor area of 500,000 square metres. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong society

Health chief hails tobacco control efforts as smoking rate falls to 8.5%

Prevalence of daily cigarette smokers aged 15 and older fell from 9.1 per cent in 2023.

Crime in Hong Kong

Police arrest man on suspicion of stealing personal data of 56,000 patients

Employee of Hospital Authority contractor made an unauthorised entry into system and retrieved data.

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