Big changes are coming to the fees people pay in Hong Kong’s public healthcare system under reforms that aim to support the neediest patients. Under the revamp, set to take effect on January 1 next year, the government is seeking to bring down the rate it subsidises public healthcare by, from 97.6 per cent, among…
Requiring Hongkongers with non-urgent medical needs to pay separate fees for lab tests and scans at public hospitals could lead to abuse of emergency services in the hopes of getting free help, a former health official and a patients’ rights group have warned. Dr Luk Che-chung, a former chief executive of the Hospital Authority’s Hong…
Requiring Hongkongers with non-urgent medical needs to pay separate fees for lab tests and scans at public hospitals could lead to abuse of emergency services in the hopes of getting free help, a former health official and a patients’ rights group have warned. Dr Luk Che-chung, a former chief executive of the Hospital Authority’s Hong…
A three-year-old Hong Kong girl’s death in 2020 could not have been caused by her falling out of bed as her father claimed, a murder trial heard on Monday, with prosecutors arguing her fatal injuries were consistent with violent shaking while alleging he had earlier said she should be “treated like a dog”. Lau Kai-ping,…