Hong Kong is committed to helping mainland China’s medical and health standards “go global”, with the local health minister hailing the city’s first time hosting a national medical conference as an event of “great significance”.
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau also said Hong Kong was striving to meet the mainland’s certification requirements for a local stroke centre, following the accreditation of a heart disease treatment facility under national standards last year.
Lo officiated at the opening of the 15th China Chest Pain Centres Congress at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Friday.
“It’s a great pleasure to attend the 15th China Chest Pain Centres Congress. It’s the first time that a Chinese national medical conference is being held in Hong Kong, which is of great significance,” he said.
The two-day event brought together about 3,000 medical experts from the city, the mainland and the rest of the world to exchange knowledge on treating heart disease and developing cardiovascular medicines.
During the event, the international version of the Chest Pain Centre Construction and Accreditation Standards was also issued.
