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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

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Editorial | Foreign hospitals add to healthcare choice

Opening up the sector to overseas operators is good for the Chinese economy and will allow patients to pick what is best for their needs.

Opening up the sector to overseas operators is good for the Chinese economy and will allow patients to pick what is best for their needs

Explainer | How to protect yourself after recent deadly fish-linked infection in Hong Kong

How Hong Kong researchers aim to turn bugs into drugs to treat autism, dementia

Editorial | Case can be made for more maternity leave

With a study finding the extension of maternity leave contributed to a 22 per cent drop in postnatal depression, further measures are worth reviewing.

Postnatal depression, also known as post-partum depression, is a mood disorder that can set in shortly after giving birth. Photo: Shutterstock

AI tool promises to detect depression by simply looking into your eyes

Hong Kong patient critically ill after device malfunctions during brain surgery

Tissue glue was being injected into patient to control bleeding in blood vessels in brain at time of incident.

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Hong Kong to set up database of at-risk elderly to support isolated carers

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun says he hopes to bring together useful data from authorities and NGOs to better support elderly.

The government hopes to create a database to ensure better oversight of at-risk elderly residents. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong can play key role in global effort to fight next pandemic: expert

Public health expert Rebecca Grais says city has wealth of experience in fighting infectious diseases.

11 mainland Chinese tourists suffer suspected food poisoning in Hong Kong

Health authorities order restaurant in To Kwa Wan to suspend business and undergo cleaning.

Explainer | Hong Kong experts share dos and don’ts when mid-flight medical emergencies happen

Doctors discuss dangers of flying with certain medical conditions, as veteran aviator shares cabin crew emergency protocols.

Warning the cabin crew that you are feeling ill is a top priority during an on-flight medical emergency. Photo: Shutterstock

Editorial | New drug-approval agency just the tonic

Hong Kong has the capacity, funding and expertise to set up a centre to test and register new life-saving products to benefit our healthcare system and economy.

Establishing a process for primary approvals of drugs is an important step on Hong Kong’s path to becoming a health and medical innovation hub, a goal outlined by city leader John Lee Ka-chiu. Photo: SCMP / Elson Li

Hong Kong family of ‘Little Suet-yee’ struggling to find right treatment

Child allegedly abused by babysitter faces uphill battle and needs costly physiotherapy, as well as occupational and speech therapy.

Editorial | Early action can help deter Hong Kong school suicides

A recent survey found 20 per cent of 1,600 city secondary school respondents had symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Opinion | 3 ways Hong Kong can get the most out of Chinese medicine

Chinese medicine needs a focus on practical training and integration with other disciplines to help improve Hong Kong’s healthcare outcomes.

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Students weigh out Chinese medicine ingredients at Hong Kong Baptist University, in December 2013. Photo: Dickson Lee

Maternity leave shake-up led to 22% drop in Hong Kong’s postnatal depression cases

University of Hong Kong’s Dr Quan Jianchao says study shows ‘even modest change in policy’ can lead to positive mental health benefits.

Researchers have said the mental health of mothers remains “concerning” despite signs of improving due to the policy change. Photo: Shutterstock

Suffering from depression? Hong Kong team can help with AI and looking into eyes

Chinese University scientists have discovered an affordable way to estimate the risk of depression in people by harnessing artificial intelligence to analyse retinal images.

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Elderly Hongkongers urged to get bone scans as experts warn of hip fracture rise

Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones to the point of fragility and possible fracture.

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Hong Kong’s care homes for elderly struggle to offer ‘dying-in-place’ services

Demand among patients to spend their final days in familiar surroundings has been growing, but care homes say they lack resources.

“Dying in place” refers to care home services that let a patient spend their final days in familiar surroundings. Photo: Shutterstock

Conflicts arise as Hong Kong parents struggle to control children’s gadget use

About 28 per cent of parents say their children’s use of electronic devices resulted in verbal insults, physical threats or unreasonable punishment.

How will coming medicine approval regime help Hongkongers? New, better drugs

Authorities plan to set up Hong Kong Centre for Medical Products Regulation in 2026-27, tasking it with conducting primary drug approvals.

Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Foundation funds non-invasive liver cancer treatment

Li Ka Shing Foundation donates Asia’s first cutting-edge, non-invasive device for treatment of liver cancer to city’s oldest university.

Business magnate Li Ka-shing (centre) also made a virtual appearance at the ultrasound medical device’s unveiling on Tuesday. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Researchers in Switzerland carry out endoscope operation 9,300km away in Hong Kong

Collaboration by ETH Zurich and CUHK is world’s first use of remotely controlled endoscopy on a living pig involving magnetic navigation system.

Researchers say they hope to start human trials for the new endoscope technology in two years. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong team’s find brings hope of Alzheimer’s cure. Here’s how they did it

HKUST team screened 300,000 chemical compounds in nine months and selected around 10 candidates with potential.

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Editorial | Sale of prescribed drugs risks Hong Kong safety

It is incumbent on authorities to ensure that medication dispensed by public hospitals does not end up on the market.

False positive test, X-ray error landed Hong Kong tube-fed man in intensive care

Expert panel rules test suggested feeding tube was in stomach and chest X-ray check did not cover abdomen area so problem undetected.

Dr Tang Kam-shing, the chairman of a panel set up to investigate an incident where a patient ended up in intensive care after a feeding tube was incorrectly inserted. Photo: Jelly Tse

Letters | Why Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority should accept optometrist referrals

Readers discuss a reasonable step to improve eye care in Hong Kong, reasons to go smoke-free, and Gaza truce talks.

Recent data from Canadian paediatric ophthalmology services shows that diagnostic accuracy rates are lower among family physicians and paediatricians, and substantially higher among optometrists. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong at risk of mpox outbreak as population has low immunity, experts say

World Health Organization has declared mpox outbreaks in Africa public health emergency of international concern.

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Hong Kong launches free mental health tests at 3 centres after 2023 stabbing

Preliminary assessments will help identify risks of emotional distress in relation to depression and anxiety, authorities say.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals
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:
9 September, 2024
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