https://www.scmp.com/rss/523536/feed The latest news, analysis and opinion on Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jolene Otremba Jolene Otremba Healthcare leadership today requires more than operational oversight. It demands structural vision: the ability to design institutions that can withstand demographic pressure, technological disruption and rising patient expectations. It is no surprise, then, that for Dr Kenneth Tsang, Regional CEO of IHH Healthcare North Asia and Chief Executive Officer of Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, scale is a target, sustainability is the ambition. Preferring to describe himself as an architect, he has... https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/c-suite-game-changers/article/3350844/architecting-future-care?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/business/topics/c-suite-game-changers/article/3350844/architecting-future-care?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:00:11 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li More private hospitals in Hong Kong are expected to join the government’s free newborn screening programme for rare genetic conditions this year, according to health authorities. The scheme tests newborns for inherited metabolic disorders, enabling early identification and treatment while easing the long-term burden on the public healthcare system. The programme, launched in 2020, already covers all babies born in public hospitals. Last year, the screening was extended to two private ones under... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3342134/hong-kong-aims-enlist-more-private-hospitals-free-newborn-screening-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3342134/hong-kong-aims-enlist-more-private-hospitals-free-newborn-screening-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:10:17 +0000 SCMP Reporter SCMP Reporter Xpeng’s CEO He Xiaopeng is among three corporate founders who have been shortlisted as finalists in the 2025 Business Awards organised by SCMP Live, in a reimagination of a series of accolades first introduced in 1990. A total of 43 nominations were received for the awards in six categories, honouring the most noteworthy business owner, corporate executive, company, small-and-medium-sized enterprise (SME), start-ups and the best globalised brand. A discretionary award honouring lifetime... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3333210/xpengs-founder-headlines-scmp-lives-2025-business-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3333210/xpengs-founder-headlines-scmp-lives-2025-business-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:30:08 +0000 Elizabeth Cheung Elizabeth Cheung Private hospitals in Hong Kong may be required to provide price estimates to patients and release information about past fees and charges under the government’s proposals to increase transparency in the sector. The Health Bureau said on Wednesday that residents needed clarity on charges in the private healthcare system. “Price transparency is crucial for the public in determining whether to choose private medical services,” the bureau said in a paper submitted to the Legislative Council. “If it... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3309448/hong-kong-may-require-private-hospitals-give-price-estimates-patients?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3309448/hong-kong-may-require-private-hospitals-give-price-estimates-patients?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 May 2025 11:39:08 +0000 Connor Mycroft Connor Mycroft Hong Kong’s oldest medical school has launched a clinical trials centre with a private hospital for the first time, as the pair join sforces to target cancer research and the city’s medical innovation hub ambitions. The University of Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine and Gleneagles Hospital launched the facility on Thursday, with representatives saying the centre would be able to operate with more flexibility than the public sector and benefit from the tertiary institution’s research... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3279187/university-hong-kong-opens-first-clinical-trials-centre-private-hospital-cancer-focus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3279187/university-hong-kong-opens-first-clinical-trials-centre-private-hospital-cancer-focus?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Sep 2024 11:58:47 +0000 Ng Kang-chung Ng Kang-chung Private hospitals have been urged to charge less for Covid-19 testing services as a way to contribute to Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic efforts. The calls came as a local deputy to the National People’s Congress, the country’s legislature, accused private hospitals of “taking advantage of the pandemic to rob people’s money”, after she was asked to pay what she considered a hefty fee of more than HK$2,000 for a Covid-19 test. Tim Pang Hung-cheong, spokesman for the Patients’ Rights Association, also... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3167748/coronavirus-calls-mount-hong-kong-private-hospitals-cut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3167748/coronavirus-calls-mount-hong-kong-private-hospitals-cut?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:46:06 +0000 Victor Ting Victor Ting Hong Kong’s private hospitals can provide an extra 400 training places a year for medical specialists and help ease an acute shortage of doctors in the city if the public sector collaborates with them, the head of a private health group has said. Amid a simmering row over a government plan to bring in foreign-trained doctors, Dr Kenneth Tsang Hing-lim, the new CEO of Gleneagles Hospital, said the private sector could also be tapped to provide more primary health and outpatient care during and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3137093/doctor-shortage-private-hospitals-can-help-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3137093/doctor-shortage-private-hospitals-can-help-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jun 2021 03:00:00 +0000 Mary Ann Benitez Mary Ann Benitez Hong Kong’s newest private hospital will expand its all-inclusive fixed price packages to cover more medical conditions and complex surgeries to ease patients’ fears over forking out more for complications. Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital CEO Dirk Schraven revealed the plan as another private hospital, CUHK Medical Centre, set to open in Sha Tin in 2020 under Chinese University – said it would go one step further by price packaging all its services. The 500-bed Gleneagles opened in March last year... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2176015/hong-kong-private-hospital-competition-heats-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2176015/hong-kong-private-hospital-competition-heats-over?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:02:07 +0000