3 d. ago Flu’s spread across Asia prompts Hong Kong groups to join vaccination appeal

Medical organisations and politicians in Hong Kong, Macau and other parts of Asia have issued a joint appeal to take preventive steps against the spread of influenza across the continent, with a local expert calling on residents to get vaccinated early. Dr Mike Kwan Yat-wah, president of the Asian Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, said on Sunday that influenza was spreading not only in Hong Kong, but in countries such as Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and Singapore. “After the Covid-19...

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3 d. ago Hong Kong TCM hospital to collect data on Chinese, Western medicine interactions

Hong Kong’s first traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospital aims to co-develop the world’s first clinical database on interactions between its healing practices and Western treatments to help provide evidence-based therapy guidelines. Dr Cheung Wai-lun, project director of the Health Bureau’s Chinese Medicine Hospital Project Office, said on Sunday that no such database currently existed and hoped the launch of the institute would help to fill that gap. The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong...

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5 d. ago Hong Kong’s first TCM hospital: services, prices and what else to expect

Hong Kong’s first hospital dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) will open on December 11, offering a range of services complemented by Western medicine. The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong, located on Pak Shing Kok Road in Tseung Kwan O, is expected to serve 400,000 outpatients annually, while also operating as a research and teaching hub for three local TCM schools. The Post provides a guide for the new hospital’s services, including details of the treatments and fee...

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6 d. ago Hong Kong’s first TCM hospital sets outpatient fee at HK$180 ahead of debut

Outpatient services for Hong Kong’s first hospital dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) will start at HK$180 (US$23.10) per visit, with the operator describing the fees as both affordable and competitive. The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong in Tseung Kwan O also said on Wednesday that staff recruitment had been smooth and there would not be any manpower shortages affecting its launch on December 11. Dr Cheung Wai-lun, project director of the Chinese Medicine Hospital Project...

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9 d. ago Hong Kong MRI maker Time Medical seeks site to boost output, eyes IPO

Time Medical Systems, a Hong Kong maker of advanced medical devices co-founded by US-trained Chinese academics, is seeking a new site to expand production as it eyes a 30-fold increase in sales of its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners in the next few years. The company is commercialising superconductor materials and magnet technologies that can slash the production and operating costs of such scanners while also cutting turnaround time, part of an effort to make early disease diagnosis...

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1 week ago Hong Kong medical student pleads guilty to filming 2 male schoolmates in shower

A Hong Kong medical student has pleaded guilty to covertly filming two male schoolmates while they showered at their university dormitory last year. Chung Chun-yu, 23, on Thursday admitted to two counts of voyeurism for his actions at the University of Hong Kong’s Madam S H Ho Residence for Medical Students on southern Hong Kong Island. The dormitory on Sassoon Road, which is within a 10-minute walk from Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, accommodates mostly students in the bachelor of medicine...

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1 week ago Hong Kong medical student pleads guilty to filming schoolmates in campus showers

A Hong Kong medical student has pleaded guilty to covertly filming two male schoolmates while they showered at their university dormitory last year. Chung Chun-yu, 23, on Thursday admitted to two counts of voyeurism for his actions at the University of Hong Kong’s Madam S H Ho Residence for Medical Students on southern Hong Kong Island. The dormitory on Sassoon Road, which is within a 10-minute walk from Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, accommodates mostly students in the bachelor of medicine...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong comedy legend Michael Hui on life, death and letting go

Hong Kong comedy legend Michael Hui Koon-man, who plays a Taoist priest in the local blockbuster film The Last Dance set in the funeral business, has revealed his wishes for his own final day. In a rare sharing session on life and death issues with Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) medical students at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin on Monday evening, the 83-year-old actor said the key to living a meaningful life was to be happy. “Life is so pretty that we have to treasure the views of...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong studying financial proposals for city’s third medical school: minister

The three universities in Hong Kong applying to set up the city’s third medical school have “very different” financial proposals, the health minister has said, adding authorities are studying how sustainable these plans are. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau also said on Friday that a dedicated task group had already studied the proposals submitted by the three universities, including curriculum as well as staff and student recruitment plans, with capital requirements and financial...

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3 w. ago Elderly man arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly removing patient’s medical tube

An elderly man in his eighties has been arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly pulling out a medical tube from a male hospital patient whom he mistook for his wife. According to the force, the incident happened on Thursday at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan, where the suspect was visiting his wife. “The man was suspected to have mistakenly thought that the victim, who was a male patient also born in 1942, was his wife, so he pulled out his medical tube,” a spokesman said. The...

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