Tag: Authority

Hospital Authority announces surgical light safety issue ******************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The Hospital Authority (HA) spokesman made the following announcement today (February 19) regarding the safety issue of a surgical light:      The HA Head office (HAHO) received report from United Christian Hospital (UCH) yesterday (February 18) regarding the safety issue of a surgical light. An anaesthetic assistant was injured in the shoulder due to an accidental fall of a surgical light in the hospital’s operation room yesterday. The anaesthetic assistant attended the Accident and Emergency Department and was discharged with minor injury. No patient ... Read more

Hospital Authority general out-patient clinics provide support to COVID-19 patients (with photo) ****************************************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The 71 general out-patient clinics (GOPCs) of the Hospital Authority (HA) have resumed normal service starting from today (January 30). GOPCs have strengthened their service and more than 2 000 quotas are reserved for COVID-19 patients daily. As at 5pm, GOPCs have provided medical consultation for more than 1 400 COVID-19 patients, which is around 50 per cent of the service quotas.        The HA Chief Executive, Dr Tony Ko, visited the South Kwai Chung Jockey ... Read more

Hospital Authority reserves quotas to support COVID-19 patients *************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:        The Hospital Authority (HA) announced today (January 29) that in order to align with the government’s cancellation of issuing isolation orders from tomorrow (January 30), all General Out-patient Clinics (GOPCs) will implement special measures to reserve sufficient quotas to support COVID-19 patients.             The HA spokesman said, “The HA has strengthened its manpower to cope with the possible increase in service demand. GOPCs have enhanced its episodic consultations to more than 10 000 quotas daily, and among the quotas, around ... Read more

Hospital Authority welcomes the announcement of Primary Healthcare Blueprint **************************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:        The Hospital Authority (HA) welcomes the Primary Healthcare Blueprint announced by the Health Bureau today (December 19). The HA will dovetail with the government’s policy direction to promote primary healthcare, so as to cope with the challenges arising from the ageing population, the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and the increase in healthcare service demand.             The HA Chairman, Mr Henry Fan, said, “The blueprint formulates a roadmap for the development of primary healthcare service of Hong Kong in ... Read more

Hospital Authority announces senior appointment (with photo) ************************************************************ The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The Hospital Authority (HA) spokesperson announced the following senior appointment today (December 15):      Dr Michael Wong will be appointed as Director (Quality and Safety) with effect from December 19.      Dr Wong is a specialist in haematology and haematological oncology, and has also attained a fellowship qualification in pathology. He is currently the Chief Manager (Cluster Performance) in Head Office. Dr Wong has solid experience in clinical services and hospital management with wide exposure at cluster and Head Office levels.     ... Read more