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The Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) is one of the major medical healthcare reforms proposed by the government. In Hong Kong, the public and private sectors complement each other under a well-established dual-track healthcare system. However, there is an increasing imbalance between the two sectors. Public hospitals take up more than 88 ...
Hong Kong 's Department of Health is responsible for healthcare policies and the provision of basic healthcare services and established in 1939. The public hospitals are managed by the department's Hospital Authority. The department reports to the Health Bureau . The department is headed by the Director of Health, a position currently held by ...
The Department of Health, under the Health Bureau, is the health adviser of Hong Kong government and an executive arm in health legislation and policy. Its main role is to safeguard the health of the community through promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services in Hong Kong. [8] The main function of the department includes child ...
Hospital Authority. / 22.3244; 114.1833. The Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the government hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Health of the Hong Kong Government. Its chairman is Henry Fan .
Hong Kong has early health education, professional health services, and well-developed health care and medication system. The life expectancy is 84 for females and 78 for males, [17] which is the second highest in the world, and 2.94 infant mortality rate, the fourth lowest in the world. [18] [19]
British Military Hospital, Hong Kong, 1907–1996; Lai Chi Kok Hospital, 1938–2004; Hong Kong Central Hospital, 1966–2012; Nam Long Hospital, 1967–2003; Victoria Hospital, Hong Kong, 1903–1945
On 5 February, after a five-day strike by front-line medical workers, the Hong Kong government closed all but three border control points including Hong Kong International Airport, Shenzhen Bay Control Point, and Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Control Point remaining open.
The Secretary for Health ( Chinese: 醫務衞生局局長) is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Health Bureau. The current office holder is Lo Chung-mau . The position was created on 1 July 2022, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government.