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Hospital Authority

(醫院管理局)

Hospital Authority
醫院管理局
The latest news and top stories on Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, a statutory body that manages the city's public hospitals and clinics. Its main responsibility is to ensure comprehensive affordable healthcare services for residents. It also develops smart hospitals and recruits healthcare professionals. It is headquartered at 147B Argyle Street in Kowloon.
Patients arrive on the opening day of the Family Medicine Integrated Centre at Kai Tak Hospital on October 5. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Editorial | Kai Tak Hospital promises to set new benchmark for public healthcare

The hospital, now the city’s largest, addresses pressure on medical services in Kowloon with state-of-the-art clinical infrastructure.

Education in Hong Kong

60% of Hong Kong’s suspected student suicides involved children aged 15 or below

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Kai Tak Hospital starts first phase of operations, treats 350 patients on day 1

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

AI, robotic arms power Hong Kong public hospital laundry and meal centre

‘Automation has greatly improved our occupational safety and health, reducing the repetitive strain and heavy lifting that workers previously endured,’ official says.

The six-storey, 62,000-square-metre centre opened its doors to the press for the first time on Tuesday. Photo: Edmond So
The facility meets about half of public hospitals’ laundry and meal demand, deploying X-ray sorting, robotic arms and "cook-chill" kitchen technology. Photo: Edmond So
The complex’s central laundry features Hong Kong’s first automatic X-ray sorting system. Photo: Edmond So
Heavy linen bundles are handled by a robotic transport and stacking system – the first of its kind in Hong Kong. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Just 0.5% of nurses trained outside Hong Kong, authorities say amid hiring row

Dispute began after radio show caller said ‘unwritten rule’ reserved some Hospital Authority recruitment spots for mainland Chinese nurses.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Minister rejects claims mainland nurses are favoured over local candidates

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority hired 95 per cent of local applicants for nursing positions over past year.

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AIA Scholarships

How King Chan plans to mainstream mental-health solutions in highly stressed Hong Kong

PostMag talks to five bright and ambitious recipients of the AIA Scholarships initiative to find out what lies ahead for them: here, we meet King Chan, a postgraduate student in clinical psychology advocating for mental-health support for the masses.

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AIA Scholar King Chan, 22, a recent psychology graduate from City University, who will soon begin an MPhil in foundations of clinical psychology at Britain's University of Cambridge. Photo: Alexander Mak
Crime in Hong Kong

Engineer gets 160 hours’ community service over Queen Mary Hospital lift defects

Engineer convicted of submitting misleading documents and improperly issuing safety certificates after 24 lifts at Hong Kong hospital were found defective.

Education in Hong Kong

Subsidised physiotherapy places slashed by third amid graduate job crunch

Cuts come as physiotherapy graduates face a tight job market amid ongoing healthcare budget constraints and a surge in new practitioners.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Patient who needed soft food dies after choking on regular meal at public hospital

Prince of Wales Hospital says man, 54, lacked identification and was given temporary identity, which contributed to wrong food order.

Prince of Wales Hospital has issued a public apology and said it has appointed an eight-person panel to look into the blunder. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan

Hong Kong aims to raise innovation spending to 3% of GDP by about 2030

Chief Executive John Lee unveils ambitious goal, together with measures to boost frontier technologies, including aerospace research.

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The Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park. Photo: Eugene Lee
John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong to invest in primary care to cut premature death risk to 6.9%

Chief Executive John Lee also unveils Hong Kong’s first integrated ambulatory care hospital at King’s Park, featuring AI-assisted radiology and expanded cancer services.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Exclusive | Senior civil servant asked to resign over defective lifts at Queen Mary Hospital

But Architectural Services Department, where Tuesday Li served as a chief project manager, says her departure didn’t involve ‘forced resignation’.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong reserves right to seek compensation over faulty hospital lift work

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn says contractors must cover remedial costs after lift defects delay Queen Mary Hospital’s new block.

Queen Mary Hospital’s new block has been delayed by up to a year after defects left 24 of its 28 lifts unfit for use. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

‘There are trade-offs’: how Hong Kong patients can use telemedicine wisely

Hospital Authority telehealth cases jump 33 per cent as private clinics tailor services for people with busy schedules.

Illustration: Henry Wong
Hong Kong society

‘Unshirkable responsibility’: tax chief apologises for e-filing failures

Benjamin Chan vows improvements after unclear wording in eTAX system results in more than 33,000 people leaving returns incomplete.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Letters | Fix Hong Kong’s healthcare silos with link workers

Readers discuss bridging medical and social welfare, why Hong Kong must change, and an epic road trip.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Full fee waivers rise 20-fold to 280,000 after healthcare reform, minister says

Health chief defends higher charges for less urgent services in Hong Kong as full fee waivers increase from 14,000 since new regime began on January 1.

The health minister says full fee waivers have risen 20-fold, from 14,000 to 280,000, since Hong Kong’s public healthcare fee reform began. Edmond So
Mental health

Letters | 5-year plan must take mental health seriously for the economy’s sake

Readers discuss why mental health ought to be positioned as a strategic asset, and how the city is well-placed to build health resilience for the world’s most impoverished.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Contractor ordered to fix faulty lifts causing Queen Mary Hospital block delay

Lawmaker says situation involving Anlev Elex Elevator ‘unacceptable’, warning it could further delay HK$13.5 billion redevelopment project.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Editorial | Education and communication can ensure end-of-life law benefits all

Hong Kong is heading in the right direction with an end-of-life law that helps ensure greater comfort and dignity in a person’s final days.

The Hospital Authority has issued bright yellow pouches for storage of advance medical directives. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong society

What’s a Burmese python doing in Causeway Bay? Expert links reptile to rain

Snake measuring up to three metres long caught on camera near Jardine Noonday Gun by jogger on Sunday evening.

Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden identified the snake as a Burmese python, noting its geometric patterns and its distinct shades of light and dark brown, black and white Photo: Handout
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

How can retirees beat rising healthcare costs in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong has long relied on both public and private hospitals and clinics, but medical inflation is pricing out elderly patients.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Residents sign directives as Hong Kong’s new end-of-life law takes effect

Advance Decision on Life-sustaining Treatment Ordinance provides clearer protection and removes legal uncertainty for patients and doctors.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong doctor spared jail for fraudulently obtaining cough syrup, ADHD drugs

Lee Chi-leung handed 160 hours of community service and ordered to pay Hospital Authority HK$20,000 after being found guilty of misconduct in public office.

Misconduct in public office is punishable by up to seven years in jail when the case is heard in the District Court. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

How does Hong Kong’s new end-of-life law affect patients and medical staff?

The SCMP explores family rights under the law and what happens to healthcare professionals who fail to comply with end-of-life directives.

The Advance Decision on Life-sustaining Treatment Ordinance will come into effect on July 31. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Paramedics to follow ‘rescue first’ rule if in doubt under new end-of-life law

Fire Services Department official says paramedics must first verify physical proof before stopping life-sustaining treatment on patient.

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Medics warn of split-second calls under Hong Kong’s new end-of-life law

Formal legal framework will empower Hongkongers to specify in advance which life-sustaining treatments they wish to refuse when terminally ill.

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