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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
The Ngau Tam Mei site in the Northern Metropolis, with land reserved for Hong Kong’s third medical school. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong

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

Former head of Hospital Authority Anthony Wu says new institution must embrace technology and prepare to train talent soon.

Artificial intelligence

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

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

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.

The two men have been admitted to Queen Mary Hospital, with one in a critical condition. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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.

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.

A visitor at Hong Kong’s Tsang Tsui columbarium in Tuen Mun. Photo: May Tse
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.

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.

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.

An expert hopes to start a discussion about whether to share more psychiatric patient information among professionals. Photo: Dickson Lee
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.

Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam. Officials said the population of Hong Kong Island would decline to 1.2 million by 2041 Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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.

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.

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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Police place bullet casing markers outside a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on December 4. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
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.

A site has been reserved in Ngau Tam Mei in the New Territories for the proposed medical school. Photo: May Tse

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.

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.

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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.

Health minister Lo Chung-mau with Cleo Lai. Photo: SCMP
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.

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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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.

(Left to right) Queen Mary Hospital’s Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Chief of Service Cally Ho Ka-lai; cardiac medicine consultant at Grantham Hospital Katherine Fan Yue-yan; and patient Ms Fung speak at a press conference to urge Hong Kong residents to sign up for organ donation at Queen Mary Hospital. Photo: Jonathan Wong
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.

Queen Mary Hospital is part of the teaching hospital of the University of Hong Kong medical school. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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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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.

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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A still of The Last Dance. The success of the film, which lifts a veil on Hong Kong funeral rites, suggest a growing openness among Hongkongers to exploring the difficult subject of death. Photo: Emperor Motion Pictures
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.

Hong Kong has remained dependent on overseas testing regimes for assurance of the safety and efficacy of new drugs and vaccines before approval by regulators. Photo: AP
Biomedicine: Companies

Hong Kong residents reticent to get latest Covid-19 jab, Moderna survey finds

About 52 per cent of Hong Kong respondents said they were willing to get the updated vaccine, compared with 58 per cent in Singapore.

Hong Kong science and tech

Non-invasive tool that detects bowel disease coming in 2027: Hong Kong scientists

Experts say new method can detect bacteria associated with inflammatory bowel diseases in stool samples, and much cheaper than colonoscopy.

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