Hospital Authority

23 Feb 2013

Health secretary Dr Ko Wing-man said he never thought being a doctor would involve the risk of getting killed one day by an infection he contracted at work. Speaking about his feelings during the...

Privacy regulations are blocking data that could benefit health care in HK

5 Feb 2013

As Hong Kong offices wound down yesterday at the end of a typically manic Monday, an important deadline passed quietly - unnoticed and unremarked upon by the vast majority of the city's population...

The hospitals where risk of post-operative death is highest

20 Jan 2013

Queen Elizabeth Hospital has to improve its surgical services, the Hospital Authority said yesterday as it released its annual report on the outcomes of operations.

Ambulance system to be revised in bid to avoid delays

10 Jan 2013

The Fire Services Department and the Hospital Authority have agreed to amend their ambulance system so that patients in urgent need of treatment are taken to the nearest hospital.

This...

City Digest, December 27, 2012

27 Dec 2012

Organisers of the January 1 march demanding Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's resignation say poor police arrangements could cause chaos.

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Demand still great 20 years after Hong Kong's first heart transplant operation

Hong Kong's first heart transplant recipient marked the 20th anniversary of his operation with an appeal for more people to register as organ donors.

Private hospitals should comply with Hospital Authority reporting code

There are good reasons why public hospitals are subject to a code that ensures serious medical incidents causing death or injury are promptly reported to the Hospital Authority. And there is no...

Hospital fee rises to hit mainlanders

Non-locals will have to pay more to use public hospitals next year after the Hospital Authority approved the price rises.

HEALTH

Psoriasis patients seek subsidies for medication

When Gary Lai first came down with the skin disease psoriasis, he got so tired of the stigma he faced in the outside world that he would lock himself away in his apartment whenever he didn’t have...

What the local media says

Sunday, Ming Pao Daily

Hospital may shelve plans for obstetrics department

Letters to the Editor, October 16, 2012