Chain clinics are expanding in HK as they provide specialised medical services for a reasonable price
Local and international medical groups are changing Hong Kong's private medical sector as they expand and add specialised services to their portfolio.
Operating differently from individual practices, medical chains have the edge of offering a full range of services under one roof, from general medical consultations, in-house specialist services, health screening, dentistry, dermatology, traditional Chinese medicine and wellness services to performing minor operations, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy and excision.
These medical centres offer integrated, multidisciplined health care services to people from all walks of life.
'Chain clinics' operations in the private sector have their roots in the United States and this business model has blossomed from the 1960s. Hong Kong's health care market has followed in the footsteps of the US in recent years,' said Ronnie Hui Kai-wah, executive director of Town Health International Holdings Company, a local private medical group which started operations in 1989 and has since grown to run 22 clinics across the city.
'With decades of development, chain clinics have developed into a very mature market and there are a number of other operators among the competition.'