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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.
An aerial view of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in Lok Ma Chau Loop of Northern Metropolis. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong society

Can Hong Kong become a new centre for frontier medicine?

This series introduces Hong Kong’s groundbreaking innovations on the medical front and examines what it takes for the city to become a global biomedical innovation hub by turning world-class research into real-world treatments.

Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong excels at medical research. So what is holding it back?

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Hong Kong

Shisha smoking will cause 1 million new lung cancer cases globally by 2050: WHO

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Private healthcare providers back proposed rules to make fees more transparent

New rules could apply from August next year, requiring bilingual price lists, budget estimates and explanations for bills at least 20 per cent higher.

Hong Kong’s private hospitals and clinics face new requirements aimed at making their fees more transparent. Photo: Elizabeth Cheung
Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority appeals for liver donor for boy, 13

Boy is suffering from severe liver failure and urgently needs a transplant.

Hong Kong

Co-care scheme may help prevent 9% of stroke, heart failure cases in next decade

Over 200,000 Hongkongers in co-care scheme as of January, with 40 per cent of those screened diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension or pre-diabetes.

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China-educated ex-US FDA official to lead Hong Kong’s medical products regulator

With more than 30 years’ experience in pharmaceutical regulation, Li Zili viewed as ideal head of body that will help develop city’s bioeconomy.

Li Zili served twice at the FDA, first as a medical team leader and later as head of global affairs at the agency’s Office of Generic Drugs. Photo: Getty Images
Li Zili will lead the Centre for Medical Products Regulation, to be established later this year. Photo: Handout
Wellness

Inside Hong Kong’s Chinese Medicine Hospital: a reporter’s first-hand account

A writer’s consultation at the recently opened hospital reveals how it blends Chinese and Western medicine, and how to navigate appointments.

Mpox

Hong Kong records 21 mpox cases since August, high-risk groups urged to get jabs

The latest case, involving a 29-year-old man, brought the total number recorded in Hong Kong this year to 30.

Hong Kong society

Letters | Don’t overlook eye health as Hong Kong ages

Readers discuss the importance of protecting eyesight, legislating against bad behaviour on public transport, and bus service quality.

Elderly residents rest in the shade on Wang Tau Hom Estate in Lok Fu on September 10. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong

Editorial | Kai Tak Hospital promises to set new benchmark for public healthcare

The hospital, now the city’s largest, addresses pressure on medical services in Kowloon with state-of-the-art clinical infrastructure.

Patients arrive on the opening day of the Family Medicine Integrated Centre at Kai Tak Hospital on October 5. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong

‘Ensuring dignified life’: how an app keeps advanced cancer patients out of hospital

HKU’s SUPPORT+ mobile app, offering weekly symptom tracking and nurse follow-up, has attracted 76,000 registered users since 2022.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong IVF clinic cleared to resume all services after embryo specimen mix-up

Regulator says Heal Fertility in Central can resume all 17 treatment services covered by its licence after implementing improvement measures.

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Hospital Authority

Kai Tak Hospital starts first phase of operations, treats 350 patients on day 1

Chief executive of public hospital – positioned to be Hong Kong’s largest – says daily number of patients projected to reach 1,800 by year end.

Patients arrive at Kai Tak Hospital’s family medicine integrated centre on Monday. Photo: Karma Lo
Mainland China

Kai Tak Hospital opens this week: what you need to know before visiting

Hong Kong’s largest public hospital begins phased operations on Monday, starting with family medicine and specialist outpatient services.

Kai Tak Hospital will begin its first phase of operation on Monday. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong

On-site staff, hotline deployed as Kai Tak Hospital starts phased operations

Family medicine centre opens on Monday at city’s largest hospital, specialist outpatient and blood-taking services to follow in late October.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s cancer research drawing global attention, says leading body’s chief

Cary Adams, CEO of the Union for International Cancer Control, hails the city’s tobacco control record as an example for others.

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Hong Kong

Health chief warns overstated claims of job shortages could deter new nurses

Lo Chung-mau says exaggerated claims of graduate unemployment could discourage new blood from entering nursing sector at city’s expense.

Nurses outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong

AI, robotic arms power Hong Kong public hospital laundry and meal centre

‘Automation has greatly improved our occupational safety and health, reducing the repetitive strain and heavy lifting that workers previously endured,’ official says.

Mainland China

Just 0.5% of nurses trained outside Hong Kong, authorities say amid hiring row

Dispute began after radio show caller said ‘unwritten rule’ reserved some Hospital Authority recruitment spots for mainland Chinese nurses.

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Cancer

Editorial | Hong Kong’s fight against cancer must begin with early screening

The city’s achievements in cutting the rate of cancer-related deaths is impressive but more can be done to ensure timely diagnosis.

Advances in treating lung cancer – the most common and deadliest type in the city – such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy had improved global survival rates. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong minister vows to give public account of Queen Mary Hospital lift saga

Development chief Bernadette Linn stops short of saying whether new accountability system for department heads will be invoked.

The government has launched an investigation into the faulty lifts at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block. Photo: Karma Lo
Mainland China

Minister rejects claims mainland nurses are favoured over local candidates

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority hired 95 per cent of local applicants for nursing positions over past year.

Cancer

How FDA backing could advance multi-cancer blood tests despite Hong Kong doubts

Doctors say more data is needed despite growing interest in detecting multiple cancers from a single blood sample.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong reports more than 40% drop in cancer-related death rate over 30 years

Health minister Lo Chung-mau outlines Hong Kong’s ‘remarkable’ progress at the World Cancer Congress, being held in the city for the first time.

Hong Kong has reduced its age-standardised cancer mortality rate by more than 40 per cent in three decades, according to Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau. Photo: Sam Tsang
Queen Mary Hospital

Authorities may appeal engineer’s non-custodial sentence in hospital lift case

Government seeking legal advice after Law Wing-chai was sentenced to 160 hours of community service for improper submission of safety documents.

Uncovered defects in 24 of the 28 lifts at Queen Mary Hospital's new clinical block caused them to start or stop abruptly, be misaligned with floor levels or fail to open. Photo: Karma Lo
Accidents and personal safety

Editorial | Hong Kong must address the systemic lapses behind hospital lift failures

Authorities must determine how multiple layers of checks failed to stop substandard construction work before it spiralled into a public scandal.

Biomedicine: Industry Trends

Can targeted sound waves transform treatment for pancreatic and brain cancers?

A leading advocate says global trials in pancreatic and brain cancers may yield results within 3 years, with Alzheimer’s another application.

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