A group of psychiatrists believes public hospitals should prescribe a new line of medicines.
The doctors claim such a move to treat the mentally ill would eventually cut medical expenditure by HK$398 million in two years by preventing relapses.
They also claim local guidelines on giving a new injectable drug to treat schizophrenia, which is at least 10 times more expensive but causes fewer side effects, is too rigid and outdated.
There are about 48,000 patients who suffer from...
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