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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.
Professor King Li has been named to lead the city’s third medical school. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong-born scientist King Li named founding dean of third medical school

King Li says he is honoured to take up the role, pledging to nurture future leaders of ‘healthcare revolution’.

Smoking and vaping

Editorial | Hong Kong’s progress in quitting tobacco is worth celebrating

Cancer

Confronting cancer in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Why are so many more people in Hong Kong getting cancer?

While advanced therapies have nearly halved cancer death rate, low screening rates and late detection hold the city back.

Illustration: Mario Cameira
Wellness

How an HKU-developed eczema product could help fight superbug threat

Scientists develop plant-based moisturiser that ‘turns lions into sheep’, taming bacteria causing eczema itch and reducing antibiotic reliance.

Hong Kong

How a Hong Kong app connects cancer patients with nurses, trusted advice

After helping 76,000 patients, HKU’s SUPPORT+ is seeking fresh funding to help cancer patients manage their symptoms at home.

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Smoking and vaping

Hong Kong to target flavoured tobacco in next phase of controls: health chief

Health minister says ‘poisoned chalice’ of flavoured e-cigarettes use sugar-coated toxins to mask bitter taste and hook younger people.

About 70 per cent of young people’s first puff of nicotine comes from flavoured tobacco, according to health minister Lo Chung-mau. Photo: dpa
Hong Kong

Taxpayers ‘won’t lose out’ if CUHK medical centre pays off public loan early

Lawmaker argues hospital is taking advantage of government after previously seeking repayment extensions during difficult times.

Wellness

He lost his wife to a rare brain cancer. Here’s how he keeps going

After losing his wife Charissa to a rare, aggressive brain cancer, Antoine d’Haussy celebrated her life by starting a fundraising campaign.

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Hong Kong

Mainland patient first to be moved north under cross-border ambulance scheme

Mainland Chinese woman injured while in Hong Kong transferred to Zhuhai People’s Hospital with no vehicle change needed.

The ambulance crossed the border without the patient needing to transfer vehicles. Photo: Handover
Smoking and vaping

Can AI help Hongkongers quit smoking? Health authorities are giving it a go

Office unveils its ‘Chat to Quit’ chatbot pilot initiative as part of annual campaign in June.

The Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office has said the city’s smoking rate has dropped to 8.5 per cent as of last year. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Law on advance medical directives will help ensure dignity at end of life

Efforts must be made to promote awareness of the new law and its implementation should be carefully monitored.

Hong Kong society

How can Hong Kong help mothers of infants reverse falling breastfeeding rate?

Doctors and advocates say city needs to address sparse facilities, misinformation, and lack of statutory and employer support.

Hong Kong

Coroner’s Court, watchdog to probe delayed blood transfusion to girl with cancer

Father of Chau Tin-yu to appear as witness at October inquiry looking at alleged blunder that led to four-year-old’s vegetative state and later death.

Chau Tin-yu, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2018, fell into a vegetative state after an operation to remove a tumour. She was four at the time. Photo: Handout
Ebola virus

Hong Kong issues red travel alert for DR Congo as Ebola outbreak spreads

139 suspected deaths and 600 suspected cases have been recorded in DR Congo and Uganda, with numbers expected to rise.

A woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the bodies of Ebola victims from a health centre in the DR Congo. Photo: AP
Medicine

Letters | In medical incident probes, stats and facts are as vital as transparency

Readers discuss the nuanced difference between a medical blunder and a medical complication, AI and mental health, and the IMF’s advice to Hong Kong.

Mainland China

Li Ka-shing charity to subsidise liver cancer surgery for 200 patients

‘Love Can Help’ scheme through billionaire’s foundation will subsidise histotripsy treatment, cutting costs from about HK$260,000 to HK$50,000.

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Ebola virus

Hong Kong steps up Ebola precautions, prepares Lantau Island quarantine facility

Centre for Health Protection prepares Penny’s Bay site and response plan, including tracing, as central Africa outbreak declared global emergency.

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A quarantine facility has been prepared at Penny’s Bay on Lantau Island as authorities step up efforts to guard against the potential spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong shares its public health bona fides with global investors

For a city with a strong reputation for reinvention, focusing on medical technology is a logical step for economic growth and patient care.

Hong Kong

Hospital body to use 18285 and 18286 phone numbers to help people identify calls

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority will begin rolling out prefixes next week, reducing the risk of people not answering calls due to scam fears.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong urged to trigger travel alert to DR Congo, Uganda amid Ebola outbreak

Infectious disease expert says more preventive measures necessary, noting frequent exchanges between mainland Chinese and central African cities.

A general hospital in Goma, a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the first case of Ebola in the current outbreak was reported. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong ramps up health checks for travellers from Africa after Ebola outbreak

Move follows WHO declaring outbreak of deadly disease on continent a ‘public health emergency of international concern’.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of two countries affected by the latest Ebola outbreak. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong society

Estate residents step up cleaning after city’s first rat hepatitis case this year

Janitors were seen deep-cleaning public areas at Laguna Verde, where patient reportedly lived, on Sunday.

Hong Kong

Man infected with rat hepatitis E, Hong Kong’s first case this year

Patient, 42, says he did not encounter rodents at home or at work before positive test on May 5, while three household contacts remain asymptomatic.

Hong Kong

Health authorities order halt to use of medical devices tied to patient’s death

Preliminary inspection found abnormality in screw-on connector at end of catheter used during heart operation on elderly man at Tuen Mun Hospital.

The elderly man was admitted to Tuen Mun Hospital last week. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong inquest finds rare gastroscopy complication caused man’s death

Coroner rules death caused by brain swelling after procedure at Queen Mary Hospital in 2024, with rapid deterioration limiting treatment options.

The Coroner’s Court ruled that Lui Pak-to died of cerebral oedema following a gastroscopy at Queen Mary Hospital on February 29, 2024. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

Medical blunder probe opened over death linked to improperly sealed catheter

Hospital Authority says patient, who had history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high cholesterol, died following heart procedure.

Hong Kong science and tech

Why Hong Kong scientists think GLP-1 weight-loss drugs can help stroke patients

Chinese University of Hong Kong scientists call GLP-1 ‘superstar pathway in biological, medical and pharmaceutical fields’.

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