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1. News - Hong Kong

   Court awards damages against top doctor

   Posted Nov 20th 2012, 03:49pm by Austin Chiu

   ... News Hong Kong Health Austin Chiu A prominent paediatrician must pay HK$314,608 in compensation for treatment that resulted in the amputation of a baby’s fingertip, the High Court ruled on Tuesday morning. The damages awarded against Dr Alvin Chan Yee-shing were far less than the HK$6 million claim sought by the child’s parents, but higher than the HK$260,000 that Chan had said he ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1086663/high-court-awards-damages-awarded-against-top-doctor
2. News - China - HEALTH

   Health ministry to expand insurance to include 20 serious illnesses

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... News China Health Health Ministry Insurance Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com Ministry to expand basic coverage in rural areas from just two to 20 afflictions - like lung cancer The Ministry of Health has pledged to lower medical bills for rural patients suffering from any of 20 serious diseases and says they might pay as little as 10 per cent of the bill. But social insurance ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1133348/health-ministry-expand-insurance-include-20-serious-illnesses
3. News - Hong Kong

   Inefficient health care systems fuel inflation, inequality

   Posted Jan 29th 2013, 07:29pm by Christy Choi

   ... News Hong Kong Health Care Christy Choi Building fair and efficient health systems is a key to expanding economies and making the world a more secure place, the dean of the world’s oldest school of public health said on Tuesday. Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, spoke at an event organised by the Asia Society on the importance of health in economic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1138669/inefficient-health-care-systems-fuel-inflation-inequality
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   China must declare war on tobacco

   Posted Feb 26th 2013, 12:00am by Cesar Chelala

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Tobacco China Cigarettes Health Cesar Chelala Cesar Chelala says the health toll must convince it to follow in the footsteps of developed world Christopher Columbus would have never imagined that, shortly after he introduced tobacco into Europe, it would become one of the main threats to health in several Latin American and Asian countries, as opium ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1158401/china-must-declare-war-tobacco
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Hong Kong's private health care puts US to shame

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by Amy Wu

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Health Private Hospital Health Care Amy Wu Amy Wu says getting ill in Hong Kong made her appreciate the quality and cost of our private services, especially when compared to those in the US I was recently blindsided by a health hurdle that sent me into a tailspin. My symptoms were sudden and mysterious, and there was the reality check: I have only ... sources that the US spends 17 percent of GDP on health care (public and private added together), but US citizens are not healthier, nor live longer, than people in Hong Kong or Singapore. HK and SG spend 5 and 4 percent of GDP on health, respectively. Canada’s picture is much more similar to the US’s than HK’s or SG’s. new --> joyalsofi Jan 24th 2013 2:12pm Why not compare medical ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1134542/hong-kongs-private-health-care-puts-us-shame
6. Working on a journey of discovery

   Posted May 19th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Health Chris Davis For Ting Chin, a senior research executive with global market research firm Ipsos, every research project becomes a journey of discovery. 'I love the fact that my job is all about people and understanding them,' ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/1001324/working-journey-discovery
7. News - World - NUTRITION

   Traffic-light symbols help diners eat more healthily, says US study

   Posted Feb 19th 2013, 12:00am by Reuters

   ... true among the least health-conscious people, said lead author Brenna Ellison, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "To reach a broader group of diners, a symbolic calorie ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1153287/traffic-light-symbols-help-diners-eat-more-healthily-says-us-study
8. News - China - HEALTH CARE

   Reforming mainland hospitals 'a tough job'

   Posted Feb 27th 2013, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... News China China Public hospitals Health Care Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com Nearly four years after the mainland embarked on comprehensive reform of its health-care system, the health minister says changing public hospitals is the trickiest task he faces in the next three years. "The hard part is to reform the public hospital system," Dr Chen Zhu said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1159356/reforming-mainland-hospitals-tough-job
9. News - China - HYGIENE

   Public go potty over ministry's plan to use flies to measure toilet health

   Posted Feb 24th 2013, 12:00am by Minnie Chan

   ... News China Public toilets Hygiene Flies Ministry of Health Public Health Minnie Chan minnie.chan@scmp.com Users thumb their noses at ministry's proposal to measure a restroom's smell status The public was far from abuzz with praise yesterday for draft Ministry of Health guidelines for improving the mainland's notoriously awful public toilets, whose cleanliness ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1157290/public-go-potty-over-ministrys-plan-use-flies-measure-toilet-health
10. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    The lessons of Sars, 10 years on

    Posted Feb 20th 2013, 12:00am by Margaret Chan

    ... Comment Insight & Opinion SARS Public Health World Health Organisation Respiratory Diseases Margaret Chan Margaret Chan Margaret Chan says the mode and speed of the deadly spread of Sars 10 years ago did catch us out, but we should remember it today for how the world rose to the challenge to contain it Ten years ago, on March 12, I sent an urgent e-mail to the World Health ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1154055/lessons-sars-10-years

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