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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.
last updated:
23 September, 2024
Healthcare workers have arranged a Christmas party for kids at the Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital at Sandy Bay. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong hospital throws party for sick children, offering Christmas hope

Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital organises festivities, offering kids and their parents relief and joy from battles with illness.

Education in Hong Kong

Letters | For Hong Kong’s new medical school to succeed, experience is vital

Hong Kong

Hong Kong should open third medical school sooner amid Sino-US tensions: expert

Artificial intelligence

A Hong Kong AI model is accurately identifying eye conditions at high rates

The open-source VisionFM model from the Chinese University of Hong Kong is comparable to doctors at diagnosing ophthalmic diseases, paper finds.

A new AI model from the Chinese University of Hong Kong has proven effective in identifying ophthalmic diseases. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong hospitals brace for surge in flu and Covid-19 cases

Public hospitals to launch special measures to cope with expected rise in demand.

Hong Kong society

Suspected pufferfish poisoning leaves 2 Hong Kong men in hospital

One man is in a critical condition and the other is stable after eating a pufferfish they caught themselves.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong hospitals to clarify facts, tell patients before revealing blunders

Hospital Authority revises guidelines for disclosing medical blunders, saying it sometimes ‘rushed’ announcements.

Ambulances on standby outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong

Hong Kong Hospital Authority surplus more than doubles to HK$986 million

Authority chief executive Tony Ko’s pay also increased by 4.8 per cent in 2023-24 amid rise in staff costs.

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Ageing society

Hong Kong ombudsman urges authorities to digitise after-death services

Watchdog calls for public agencies to create one-stop online platform to help bereaved with services amid city’s ageing population.

Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Hong Kong mustn’t rush to establish a third medical school

Readers discuss the risks of starting another medical school, officials’ job performance, the quality of life in the city, and esteem for Jesus Christ.

People wait at A & E in Kwong Wah Hospital on March 31. While Hong Kong faces a shortage of doctors, increasing their number alone may not resolve systemic issues such as resource distribution and public-private imbalance. Photo: Eugene Lee

HKU finds high blood sugar in diabetics weakens immune response to respiratory infections

Study highlights importance of maintaining good blood glucose level in type 2 diabetes patients, according to researchers.

Researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at HKU, examined 40 blood samples from type 2 diabetes patients at Queen Mary Hospital in 2022 and 2023 for the study. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong should consider more sharing of psychiatric patient data: expert

Dr Lam Ching-choi, chairman of advisory committee on mental health, says greater sharing of data should be publicly discussed.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Island hospitals may be reorganised to tackle population decline

Official says Hospital Authority restructuring unrelated to deficit, with ‘administrative’ changes targeting efficient movement of resources.

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong NGO warns of pupil suicide rise after logging 10 cases amid term start

NGO says tally marks rise from six logged from mid-August to September of 2023, as authorities report drop in suspected cases over longer period.

Samaritan Befrienders executive director Angie Chan. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Covid’s deadly risk has not gone away

A survey shows that more must be done to educate the most vulnerable about the ongoing need for vaccinations.

Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, also chair professor of the department of medicine at the University of Hong Kong, said co-circulation of Covid and influenza viruses means there is “high risk” of complications, hospitalisation and infant deaths. Photo: SCMP / Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong society

Outside In | US insurer murder a warning as Hongkongers worry about medical bills

City’s situation is not as extreme but the private sector is out of reach for too many and wait times in the public sector can be painfully long.

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Hong Kong

Mainland internships ‘could be option’ at proposed Hong Kong medical school

Two experts say planning and preparation for Hong Kong’s third medical school will take time.

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Hong Kong’s homeless to benefit from new dental scheme for the disadvantaged

Scheme, set to begin in second quarter of next year, will provide services to 40,000 underprivileged people, doubling the current capacity.

The city’s homeless can also benefit from a new dental care scheme for the underprivileged. Photo: Edmond So
HKBU

Help for 5,000 in Hong Kong traditional Chinese medicine mental health project

Baptist University project promotes use of Chinese medicine to treat depression, anxiety or insomnia.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Cleo Lai, 2, healthy after heart donation from mainland China

Cleo Lai kisses cheek of health minister Lo Chung-mau at party marking two years since unprecedented cross-border life-saving arrangement.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong care teams with mental health training better at spotting cases: study

Lawmaker calls for training to be expanded to all community care teams to help provide basic services for mentally ill residents.

Chief Executive John Lee has targeted prevention and early identification in measures to tackle mental health issues. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Coronavirus Hong Kong

About 90% of vulnerable Hongkongers got last Covid jab more than 12 months ago

Concern group urges residents to get inoculated against Covid-19 as city enters winter flu season.

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The group says it is publishing its findings to coincide with the release of the most recent mRNA vaccine targeting the latest JN.1 variant. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Effort needed to lift Hong Kong’s organ donation rates

While respect for cultural sensitivities must be maintained, becoming a donor is ultimately about saving and improving the quality of lives.

Northern Metropolis

Letters | Hong Kong’s third medical school must have sizeable teaching hospital

Readers discuss a vital resource for medical training, Hong Kong’s healthcare priorities and the need for vigilance over property transactions.

Hong Kong

Hongkongers could face eligibility tests for dental treatment at public clinics

Authorities will also offer free check-ups for preschoolers and affordable services for adolescents.

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An elderly woman of Kwai Tsing is getting her teeth cleaned at a dental truck in Lai King. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong

Hong Kong tightens airport health checks amid Congo mystery disease outbreak

The unknown disease has left 79 dead and more than 300 infected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since late October.

The Democratic Republic of Congo on a map. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong must break the taboos around end-of-life care and death

With a law passed on advanced medical directives, the onus is on government to provide life-and-death education and facilitate discussion.

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Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong drug trials institute a healthy step forward

City closes in on fulfilling its ambition to be medical hub with its own approval authority for drugs and vaccines at cross-border tech zone.

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