One university in Hong Kong wants to ensure there’ll be enough trained health care workers for the sick and old in future

As the city’s understaffed public hospitals struggle with the current surge in flu patients and with an expected spike in the ageing population, one university in Hong Kong has ambitious plans to ensure there are sufficient health care workers in future. Open University, which was set up by the government in 1989 but is self-funded, on Wednesday said it was planning for new courses for allied health professionals, in addition to its general and mental health nursing degree programmes. 10...