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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.
An elderly man hangs upside down on a horizontal bar during his morning exercise in Fanling, Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Lee
Cancer

Health Matters

Health sits at the core of our lives. In the Health Matters series, the South China Morning Post explores major health concerns and emerging wellness trends, explaining why they matter.

Hong Kong

Letters | Clearer standards would strengthen urgent care in private hospitals

Guangzhou

CUHK launches first cross-border clinical trial centre in Nansha

Hong Kong

Baby Rufus in urgent need of heart donation, Hong Kong health authorities say

Hospital Authority will also seek assistance from mainland China under cross-boundary organ donation and matching mechanism.

Six-month-old Rufus is in the paediatric intensive care unit at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital. Photo: Jelly Tse
Flu in Hong Kong

Editorial | Onset of summer flu season demands action from Hongkongers

Taking steps to widen vaccinations and infection-fighting habits should be a civic and individual responsibility well before cases surge.

How can Hong Kong age well?

With Hong Kong’s population rapidly greying, the South China Morning Post’s Health Matters series examines how older adults and the next generation of retirees can meet the challenges of ageing while maintaining health and quality of life.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong probes civil service negligence in 15-year delay over baby blunder case

Health minister Lo Chung-mau says delays occurred in different areas throughout the process of handling the case that left boy disabled for life.

The Medical Council took more than a decade to resolve the case. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong society

Parents of boy paralysed by medical blunder welcome penalty but vow to fight on

Li Zhijian and Peng Hongying plan to sue doctor, who was suspended for nine months, as they try to prepare long-term care for Li Yuanjian.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can be the Asia-Pacific’s longevity hub

City has unique conditions to be the premier regional hub for longevity research, clinical trials, regulatory approval and capital scaling.

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Hong Kong courts

Nurses baffled by closed medicine tube to premature baby, inquest hears

Angel Yu was suffering from a congenital heart defect that restricted blood flow and was receiving adrenaline at Prince of Wales Hospital.

Former Prince of Wales Hospital nurse Cheung Mei-lin (in pink mask) leaves the Coroner’s Court on Friday. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong courts

Friend sues ex-plastic surgeon for HK$12m over loans tied to manslaughter case

Franklin Li received money through 14 bank transfers between May 2023 and August 2024 to fund legal defence team, retiree says in writ.

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A High Court jury last year found Franklin Li (right) unfit to stand trial due to advanced dementia. Photo: Edmond So
Reproductive health

Parent company of Hong Kong IVF clinic says sorry for embryo specimen mix-up

New Frontier Group vows to launch sweeping internal review into cause of mix-up at Heal Fertility’s clinic in Central.

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | Thorough investigation needed into Hong Kong clinic’s IVF embryo mix-up

The last thing couples trying to conceive need is a loss of confidence in the medical science during a time of extreme stress.

Lo Chung-mau

Disciplinary cases involving intern and resident doctors triple over 4 years

Hong Kong recorded 35 cases during past financial year, compared with 12 in 2022-23, health chief Lo Chung-mau tells lawmakers.

The Hospital Authority building in Mong Kok. Health minister Lo Chung-mau stressed that the disciplinary cases accounted for only a small share of the number of intern and resident doctors employed and pledged to maintain professional standards. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

Embryo specimen mix-up: what happened and how is IVF regulated in Hong Kong?

The SCMP looks into rules governing treatments after rare fertility clinic blunder triggers investigations by authorities.

Heal Fertility has mishandled embryo biopsy specimens from two patients and failed to promptly report the incident to health authorities. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong lawmakers push for 24-hour mandate after IVF embryo specimens blunder

Health minister Lo Chung-mau says government may consider imposing time limit for reporting after completing investigation into mix-up of specimens.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong IVF clinic ordered to halt most services after embryo specimen errors

Clinic apologises to affected clients and says it has set up an internal task force to conduct a review to improve procedures.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong doctor issued 3,713 fraudulent Covid vaccine exemptions, court hears

Prosecutors say Dr Tai Kong-shing, 80, conspired with intermediary to generate certificates en masse for personal gain.

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Dr Tai Kong-shing outside Kowloon City Court in March 2023. Photo: Brian Wong
Hong Kong

Lawmaker slams ‘unsatisfactory’ past bid to scrap 16-year probe against doctor

David Lam says guilty verdict in misconduct case that left boy disabled for life shows medical watchdog’s bid to end probe on fairness grounds was unfounded.

Regulation

Editorial | Independent drug approvals are key to Hong Kong’s biotech ambitions

Moving to a primary evaluation system will let the city directly approve innovative drugs based on local and international trial data.

Disease

Can you get cancer? Hong Kong doctors say it takes more than 1 mistake

Although about 90 per cent of cancers are sporadic and can affect anyone regardless of genetics, experts say small, sustained lifestyle changes can still significantly reduce risk.

Illustration: Henry Wong
Britain

Nearly 60% of Hong Kong parents mistake deadly disease for a cold, survey finds

Doctors urge greater public awareness of deadly meningococcal disease as survey exposes low knowledge and vaccine uptake.

Experts have urged parents to consider vaccination as a survey reveals gaps in knowledge of meningococcal disease. Photo: Sam Tsang
Mainland China

Doctor given 9‑month ban for misconduct in case that left boy disabled for life

Paediatrician Sit Sou-chi removed from General Register over a mishandled 2009 seizure case that left newborn with cerebral palsy and quadriplegia.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s third medical school hires 300 teachers, expects to raise intake to 200

Recruits include retired professors and doctors, with only one teacher coming from another local medical school, dean says.

Hong Kong children

‘I’m so scared’: parents of dying Hong Kong girl, 13, pray for organ ‘miracle’

Parents of Ching Ching, who needs new heart and lungs, ask families who recently lost loved ones to help her fulfil wish of returning home.

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The parents of Ching Ching, 13, have appealed to the public for organ donations. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong moves antenatal care to public hospitals in reform push

Public hospitals to offer one-stop antenatal services after integration from maternal health centres as part of two-phase plan starting on Monday.

Hong Kong will shift antenatal services from maternal and child health centres to public hospitals in phases from July 6, as part of a healthcare reform, with fees and services unchanged. Photo: Sun Yeung
Flu in Hong Kong

Hong Kong enters summer flu season as Covid infections also climb

Most of 23 adults with severe flu infections recorded last week had not received protective flu jabs under latest vaccination programme.

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Shenzhen

Letters | Hong Kong health service ad rules should apply to all providers

Readers discuss service promotion ads by mainland dental clinics, Bangladesh’s enduring love for football, and the independence bid by a Canadian province.

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