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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.
last updated:
23 September, 2024
The launch of the online registration system follow years of complaints over residents before forced to physically queue for hours in the hopes of getting a public dental services appointment. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong public dental clinics log 26% absence rate despite e-booking launch

Authorities launched new booking system amid intense demand for public dental services, but 40 people missed appointments on Tuesday, Thursday.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong welcomes 4 babies into world in first 2 hours of New Year’s Day

2 elderly residents at Hong Kong care home given Covid-19 jabs expired for 2 weeks

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s first breast milk bank to open next week

Facility aims to collect 1,000 litres per year to help up to 600 premature and critically ill newborns.

The breast milk bank’s director has said that breast milk is “the best food” for babies as it offers nourishment and various other health benefits. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong

Elderly Hongkongers struggle with dental bookings as online system launches

Residents at public dental clinic in Kowloon City fail to get help from staff to register for appointments.

Hong Kong International Airport

Letters | Getting people to work at Hong Kong airport is not just a numbers game

Readers discuss the importance of employee welfare, what the West Kowloon and Kai Tak projects reveal about Hong Kong, and how to improve the city’s healthcare.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Exclusive | Hong Kong to slap tobacco products with laser labels to root out contraband

Sources say authorities studying updating law to introduce new labelling system, which involves goods being marked with laser.

A pack of contraband cigarettes goes for between HK$20 and HK$30 on the black market. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong

How Hong Kong hospital engineer tackled ‘mission impossible’ on Covid ward

Veteran hospital engineer Yuen Pak-leung designed a negative pressure isolation ward that can be built rapidly.

Flu in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s winter flu season expected to peak mid-January, expert says

Many residents have recently travelled to Japan, mainland China and South Korea, which are experiencing H1N1 outbreaks, Professor David Hui says.

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong hospitals to face stricter controls over ‘space oil’ drug

Sources say procedures on how anaesthetic etomidate is handled by medical professionals will be affected under planned legislative changes.

Space oil is commonly available in e-cigarette capsules and has rapidly become one of the most popular recreational drugs in Hong Kong. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s year in medical blunders, from unneeded surgery to detached tubes

Public hospitals suffered series of dangerous mistakes, prompting authorities to order measures to strengthen accountability and governance.

Hong Kong has witnessed a spate of medical blunders this year. Photo: Shutterstock
Flu in Hong Kong

Hong Kong logs 3 deaths from 4 severe flu cases, low Covid activity uptick

The Centre for Health Protection also reveals Covid outbreak at care home for elderly involving four people from December 15 to 21.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong hospital throws party for sick children, offering Christmas hope

Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital organises festivities, offering children and their parents relief and joy from battles with illness.

Education in Hong Kong

Letters | For Hong Kong’s new medical school to succeed, experience is vital

Readers discuss what to look for in setting up a graduate-entry medical programme, pandas’ iconic status, and acceptance of reusable containers.

Hong Kong’s third medical school is expected to be set up in Ngau Tam Mei in the New Territories. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong

Hong Kong should open third medical school sooner amid Sino-US tensions: expert

Former head of Hospital Authority Anthony Wu says new institution must embrace technology and prepare to train talent soon.

The Ngau Tam Mei site in the Northern Metropolis, with land reserved for Hong Kong’s third medical school. Photo: May Tse
Artificial intelligence

A Hong Kong AI model is accurately identifying eye conditions at high rates

The open-source VisionFM model from the Chinese University of Hong Kong is comparable to doctors at diagnosing ophthalmic diseases, paper finds.

Hong Kong hospitals brace for surge in flu and Covid-19 cases

Public hospitals to launch special measures to cope with expected rise in demand.

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Hong Kong society

Suspected pufferfish poisoning leaves 2 Hong Kong men in hospital

One man is in a critical condition and the other is stable after eating a pufferfish they caught themselves.

The two men have been admitted to Queen Mary Hospital, with one in a critical condition. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong hospitals to clarify facts, tell patients before revealing blunders

Hospital Authority revises guidelines for disclosing medical blunders, saying it sometimes ‘rushed’ announcements.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Hospital Authority surplus more than doubles to HK$986 million

Authority chief executive Tony Ko’s pay also increased by 4.8 per cent in 2023-24 amid rise in staff costs.

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Ageing society

Hong Kong ombudsman urges authorities to digitise after-death services

Watchdog calls for public agencies to create one-stop online platform to help bereaved with services amid city’s ageing population.

A visitor at Hong Kong’s Tsang Tsui columbarium in Tuen Mun. Photo: May Tse
Education in Hong Kong

Letters | Hong Kong mustn’t rush to establish a third medical school

Readers discuss the risks of starting another medical school, officials’ job performance, the quality of life in the city, and esteem for Jesus Christ.

People wait at A & E in Kwong Wah Hospital on March 31. While Hong Kong faces a shortage of doctors, increasing their number alone may not resolve systemic issues such as resource distribution and public-private imbalance. Photo: Eugene Lee

HKU finds high blood sugar in diabetics weakens immune response to respiratory infections

Study highlights importance of maintaining good blood glucose level in type 2 diabetes patients, according to researchers.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong should consider more sharing of psychiatric patient data: expert

Dr Lam Ching-choi, chairman of advisory committee on mental health, says greater sharing of data should be publicly discussed.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Island hospitals may be reorganised to tackle population decline

Official says Hospital Authority restructuring unrelated to deficit, with ‘administrative’ changes targeting efficient movement of resources.

Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam. Officials said the population of Hong Kong Island would decline to 1.2 million by 2041 Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong NGO warns of pupil suicide rise after logging 10 cases amid term start

NGO says tally marks rise from six logged from mid-August to September of 2023, as authorities report drop in suspected cases over longer period.

Samaritan Befrienders executive director Angie Chan. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong society

Editorial | Covid’s deadly risk has not gone away

A survey shows that more must be done to educate the most vulnerable about the ongoing need for vaccinations.

Hong Kong society

Outside In | US insurer murder a warning as Hongkongers worry about medical bills

City’s situation is not as extreme but the private sector is out of reach for too many and wait times in the public sector can be painfully long.

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