Discord lands Hong Kong’s health care accreditation plan in disarray
Hong Kong’s attempt to self regulate 15 types of heath care providers has had an ignominious start, as the key aspect of a three-year pilot scheme exposed infighting among practitioners over who should...
View ArticleGuards turn away government inspectors from Hong Kong’s historic Red House,...
Security guards at the apparently demolition-threatened house where Sun Yat-sen is thought to have plotted the 1911 revolution turned away government staff who wanted to check on the site on Saturday....
View ArticleExtreme workload affects ability of Hong Kong psychiatric nurses to care for...
The patient care duties taken on by Keith are so great that they are preventing him from providing the best support to mentally ill patients. As a community psychiatric nurse, Keith, who declined to...
View ArticleHong Kong health insurance giant tightens reimbursement policy
The biggest player in the city’s health insurance market has tightened its approval process for reimbursing “excessive health procedures” at private hospitals, prompting worries that patients’ rights...
View ArticleMonument option could save Hong Kong’s historic Red House, development...
The Tuen Mun house believed to have served as the secret base for the Cultural Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen could be declared a proposed monument “when necessary” so it could be saved from the...
View ArticleHong Kong takeaways profit in licence loophole, report reveals
A suspected loophole in the food licensing system may have allowed takeaways operate as “restaurants in disguise”without the required permission. A report by FactWire, a Hong Kong news agency, said...
View ArticleLong waiting times at Hong Kong public hospitals for mentally ill patients
Patients with mental illness need to wait up to more than three years to see a doctor at public hospitals because medical manpower has failed to meet surging demand for such services. A review of...
View ArticleHong Kong’s youngsters not getting enough exercise, study shows
Hong Kong’s youngsters have been given a D grade for their overall physical activity levels, according to a report by the Chinese University. The Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth...
View ArticlePoisoning case prompts Hong Kong doctors to warn public not to use adult...
Doctors have warned the public not to give children adult medication after a six-year-old girl was poisoned by motion sickness patches. The rare case was revealed yesterday by the Hospital Authority’s...
View ArticleHong Kong lobbyist slams government plan to exempt small clinics from new...
Around 70 per cent of the city’s private clinics operating with five or fewer doctors might not be regulated under a new government proposal which aims to tighten supervision of private health care...
View ArticleBetter mushroom quality urged as Hong Kong poisonings rise
Doctors have called for better quality control of porcini after the city continued to see a concerning number of poisoning cases arising from its consumption. The nine poisoning cases of porcini, a...
View ArticleCold week ahead for Hong Kong as monsoon brings fog and cools city
Hong Kong is set to brave a chill over the next few days, with temperatures projected to plummet as low as 13 degrees Celsius on Friday. And a strong stream of moist air from the east had shrouded the...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors slam insurer’s decision to limit benefits for hospital...
The head of the Hong Kong Medical Association has criticised leading insurance firm AIA for tightening its claims policy for a number of hospital procedures, saying it threatens patient safety. The...
View ArticleSocial welfare sector sees HK$30 billion for elderly services and mentally ill
HK$30 billion has been set aside to implement the city’s first comprehensive long-term elderly services plan and take extra care of mentally ill people who are often overlooked, according to the budget...
View ArticleTests reveal high rate of colorectal cancer among elderly Hong Kong people
Colorectal cancer was found in more than 6 per cent of elderly people who underwent a colonoscopy in a government pilot programme – double the figure expected. The first participants in the scheme,...
View ArticleWomen injured after falling from lift at Hong Kong skyscraper
Two women were taken to hospital on Thursday after they fell from a lift that suddenly moved up as they were leaving it at one of the city’s tallest buildings. The women, aged 46 and 72, were exiting...
View ArticleMTR firebomb victim back in Taiwan to continue recovery
The Taiwanese tourist who was left fighting for her life after a firebomb attack on a local train about two weeks ago has shown progress in her recovery and was yesterday transferred back to the...
View ArticleTax waivers for electric vehicles may be extended beyond a year, says Hong...
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has indicated that waivers for first-time registration tax on electric commercial vehicles may be extended beyond a year. Chan, who was speaking on an...
View ArticleMore than half of Hongkongers denied enough space for recreation, think tank...
More than half of Hong Kong’s population does not enjoy the amount of recreational space specified in the government’s latest development blueprint, a think tank says. Civic Exchange found that those...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Town Planning Board rejects wetland development plan for a third...
The city’s town planning authority again rejected on Friday a proposal to build 28 high rises and 140 houses for some 6,500 people in the ecologically sensitive Nam Sang Wai wetlands in Yuen Long. The...
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