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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.
The increase was mainly driven by inpatient claims, which grew by 75 per cent to more than HK$14 billion, compared with a 24 per cent growth in outpatient reimbursements. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong insurers’ health at risk as medical claims could double in decade

Research finds total reimbursements reached HK$17.73 billion in 2023, up by 61 per cent from HK$10.99 billion in 2019.

Science

China’s thalassaemia jab raises hope for common inherited blood disorder

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong breaks ground on third medical school’s interim complex, 7 profs hired

Hong Kong

Doctor in long-delayed hearing over alleged blunder ‘thought baby was choking’

Dr Sit Sou-chi reveals for first time his initial diagnosis for Li Yuanjian, who was left disabled, but parents refuse to accept his testimony.

Dr Sit Sou-chi attends the Medical Council hearing on Sunday. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Disease

Hong Kong plans new trial of infecting male mosquitoes to halt offspring growth

‘Mosquito-to-control-mosquito’ strategy will be deployed next year, as government considers stepping up control measures.

Hong Kong

Disciplinary inquiry resumes into doctor’s alleged baby blunder 16 years ago

Inquiry involving Dr Sit Sou-chi, who is accused of medical blunder that left boy permanently disabled, was terminated by council last year.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong airport staff offered free measles jabs in bid to prevent outbreak

Three aircraft maintenance workers were recently found to have caught measles.

Measles jabs will be offered to airport staff from Friday. Photo: Sam Tsang
Centre for Health Protection

First local dengue case could lead to outbreak in coming months: health official

Head of Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch says heat, rainy season will create ‘ideal breeding ground’ for mosquitoes.

Cancer

Second cancer shock for Hong Kong actress Kristal Tin. How does disease strike?

Tin says in a social media post cancer cells were found in her lymph nodes, more than a year after she was diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s spinal muscular atrophy patients seek aid for injection therapy

Oral medicine subsidies for patients aged 25 or above began early this year but adults still lack public funding for injections.

The Hong Kong Neuro-Muscular Association is calling for expanded medication subsidies for adults with spinal muscular atrophy. Photo: Jess Ma
Hong Kong society

Editorial | HKUST study to decode longevity is the stuff of frontier science

The study could help lay the groundwork for personalised health management strategies, revolutionising how societies approach ageing.

A senior citizen hangs upside down on a horizontal bar in a fitness corner in Fanling in August 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong is ageing, but the real question is where people age

The city’s rapid ageing need not turn into a crisis as long as it can look beyond its borders and tap into regional healthcare systems.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority bars all contractors’ access to data after leak

Authority announces set of measures to strengthen system security after personal data of more than 56,000 patients at United Christian Hospital leaked.

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Ageing Hong Kong should welcome more open conversations around death

Recent events are nudging Hongkongers to move past long-standing taboos and embrace end-of-life and funeral planning.

Minimal Funeral founder Pasu Ng at his booth at the Smart Retirement Expo in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, on April 5. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Social media

Medical intern suspended after complaint over patient data in social media post

Case comes just days after another Hong Kong doctor was dismissed in a separate but similar privacy controversy.

The Hospital Authority says it does not tolerate any form of disclosure of patient information. Photo: Felix Wong
Wellness

Hong Kong hairstylist’s cancer battle takes him on a crowdfunding campaign

Pitt Cheung and his brother Lego have so far raised thousands for nasopharyngeal cancer treatments not covered by Hong Kong’s public system.

Hong Kong

Girl, 9, in a critical condition with meningococcal infection after holiday in Japan

Girl, who has an underlying illness, visited Japan in a tour group with her family.

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Hong Kong

New Kai Tak Hospital to open in 2 phases starting in October

With 2,400 beds, Hong Kong’s largest public hospital will serve patients in Kowloon.

The new hospital has a total gross floor area of 500,000 square metres. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong society

Health chief hails tobacco control efforts as smoking rate falls to 8.5%

Prevalence of daily cigarette smokers aged 15 and older fell from 9.1 per cent in 2023.

Crime in Hong Kong

Police arrest man on suspicion of stealing personal data of 56,000 patients

Employee of Hospital Authority contractor made an unauthorised entry into system and retrieved data.

HKUST

HKUST launches 5-year study into long lifespans of Chinese people

University president says Hong Kong urgently needs to uncover healthy ageing process as city has become ‘super-ageing society’.

Elderly residents exercise in Sha Tin Park. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong doctor axed for posting resuscitation photo faces Medical Council case

Kowloon West Cluster says it terminated doctor’s contract and ‘passed relevant case to Medical Council for follow-up’.

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Jensen So had posted an Instagram story showing himself performing a resuscitation procedure in what appeared to be a public hospital ward. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hong Kong hospital uses VR tour to ease children’s fears ahead of operations

Hong Kong Children’s Hospital uses VR tour to reduce traumatic memories and maintain young patients’ trust in medical staff.

Smoking and vaping

Editorial | Vape possession ban is vital for protecting Hong Kong’s youth

Combined with education, tough new penalties kicking in from April 30 will help shield our young from a lifetime of nicotine addiction.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong doctor who posted resuscitation photo exits Hospital Authority

Kowloon West Cluster of Hospital Authority confirms doctor’s departure but does not say whether he had resigned or been dismissed.

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The photo shows Jensen So performing the procedure while surrounded by hospital staff. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Hospital Authority apologises for data breach involving 56,000 patients

Privacy watchdog and police investigating after patients’ names, identity card numbers, dates of hospital visits and medical procedures leaked.

The Hospital Authority building in Mong Kok. Photo: Felix Wong
Disease

Editorial | Hong Kong’s world-first Alzheimer’s blood test will strengthen city’s healthcare

This breakthrough in screening marks another step in Hong Kong’s broader moves to identify and tackle health problems early.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong committed to helping mainland China’s health standards ‘go global’

Health minister Lo Chung-mau also hails city’s first time hosting of China Chest Pain Centres Congress as occasion of ‘great significance’.

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