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Latest news and updates on healthcare and hospitals in Hong Kong, including medical issues, the impact of the city's ageing population, coronavirus pandemic and seasonal influenza outbreaks on the health system.
Extension of electronic health record platform from Hong Kong’s public medical service providers will not only improve efficiency but also expand access to care.
The case of a man being infected with the rare B virus after a macaque attack in a country park has aroused widespread concern. Yet some people are reportedly still feeding or interacting with the primates.
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Hong Kong aims to cut its budget deficit, but a plan to slash the maximum limits on prescriptions for medicines needs more consideration.
Family of eight-year-old Hong Kong girl left in vegetative state for years after operation deserves empathy from community. Public hospitals treat most people in city and there have been relatively few serious medical blunders despite pandemic and staff shortages
A comprehensive publicity drive is needed to ensure greater community awareness by the time the new legislation comes into effect.
A project at the University of Hong Kong aims to do away with an injection for the influenza A vaccine by developing a nasal spray administered every three years.
- Centre for Health Protection says girl, who was in good health previously and had not travelled recently, developed fever and cough on Friday
- Unvaccinated eight-year-old girl died last week after being infected with influenza A
Median height for 18-year-olds of both sexes up by about 2cm, with weight increases also recorded, researchers say.
Family of Chau Tin-yu, eight, who died on March 10, holds vigil for her at Diamond Hill Funeral Parlour, before her cremation on Sunday.
Department of Health says initial investigation finds cyberattack on Union Hospital did not lead to any patient data or medical services being compromised.
Authorities say girl developed fever and cough, before suffering convulsions and testing positive for influenza A (H1).
Readers discuss English standards, the limits of telemedicine, police dedication, and what’s on the walls in public libraries.
Door-to-door cross-border ambulance service not reciprocal at first because of more complex procedures for approval of vehicles, doctors, equipment and medicine from Hong Kong.
New cross-border ambulance transfer service pilot scheme to include non-Hongkonger patients from mainland China and Macau.
Think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation says city lacks end-of-life care framework despite a bill allowing advance directives on such treatments.
Two-decade study found maternal diabetes during pregnancy is unlikely to be a direct cause of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Readers discuss the healthcare industry’s contribution to climate change, the benefit of educating people on recycling, and the environmental perils of deep-sea mining.
Deputy health secretary Sam Hui says private sector accounts for more than 60 per cent of record views, but only contributes less than 1 per cent of data uploaded.
Readers discuss why every district health centre should provide basic eye health services, the effectiveness of the tobacco tax, and the decline in politeness.
Medical Council says Joseph Kam has not shown remorse over HK$4.25 million fraud case in which World Health Organization, two overseas institutions were deceived.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department issues warning after 37-year-old man becomes city’s first confirmed case of deadly B virus following monkey attack.
Chinese University researchers say patients in trial took oral targeted therapy once a day and underwent scans every six weeks.
Centre for Health Protection says man, 37, admitted to Yan Chai Hospital last month after being injured by monkeys during trip to Kam Shan Country Park in late February.
Hospital Authority’s Dennis Lee says collaboration with Hong Kong Science Park to share anonymous clinical records may promote development of health technologies.
Wong Tsz-shing made false withdrawal applications amid wave of requests to city’s organ donation system after cross-border matching policy announced last year.
Readers discuss plans to upgrade the government’s eHealth system, and the fine line between an independent review and advertising.
Regular exercise can keep older people healthy longer, but they need role models, help to get started.
Choy Shing-fai, 37, is in a critical condition in Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam and on the verge of going into a coma.
Experts call for publicly funded eye screenings at city’s 18 district health centres to monitor for conditions such as glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration.
Woman hired through government-funded scheme was earlier arrested on suspicion of child abuse after baby found to have suffered brain blood clot and fell into coma.
Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan says public health sector has made good progress in recruiting and retaining talent amid long-standing personnel shortage.
Paul Yip, head of the university’s centre for suicide research, says system will start with data collection of daily cases when it launches in two to three months.
