The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah and another medical expert said on Saturday that they expected the current wave of infections,…
The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah warned on Saturday that the number of children with Covid-19 had risen significantly recently. “As…
Hong Kong authorities want to bring a 10 per cent no-show rate for free radiology services down to zero under a proposal to make residents with non-urgent medical needs pay for certain scans. But the Hospital Authority said on Friday that the proposed co-payment model for radiology services such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic…
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