More than 20,000 elderly people in Hong Kong will miss follow-up screenings for colorectal cancer, the most common form of the killer disease in the city, if the programme is shut down in two years amid a lack of extra government funding.
Medical experts urged health officials earlier this week to inject money and expand the screening. The three-year pilot scheme, which started in 2016 for those aged 60 and above, ends in 2019.
The calls came as colorectal cancer has become more prevalent...
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