Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital opens to popular demand
Facility, which hopes to bring Chinese medicine development in Hong Kong to the world, adds extra quota slots to meet demand
Hong Kong’s first Chinese medicine hospital has opened its doors to patients, with subsidised general outpatient services for the first month fully booked, prompting the facility to add extra slots to meet demand.
The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong, located in Tseung Kwan O, aims to provide services for more complex cases under a model that features Chinese medicine as the primary approach, integrated with Western medicine.
“We hope to bring the development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong to the world and establish a more solid foundation,” said Wong Kwai-huen, chairman of the hospital’s board of directors.
“The hospital will fully push for the ongoing enhancement of healthcare services, teaching, training and research, and actively facilitate the Chinese medicine development blueprint, which will be announced by the government soon.”
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Professor Bian Zhaoxiang, the hospital’s chief executive, said operations ran smoothly on the first day, despite the huge patient demand.
“Government-subsidised [general outpatient] service quotas are fully booked for the first month. In response, we have doubled the quotas for the first 10 days and added 30 per cent more slots starting from [Thursday],” Bian said.