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Secretary for Health to attend 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva *******************************************************************      The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, will depart for Geneva, Switzerland, today (May 19) to attend the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO).      Professor Lo will attend the 76th WHA on May 21 (Geneva time) as a member of the Chinese delegation. The theme of this year’s Assembly is “WHO at 75: Saving lives, driving health for all”. The key discussions will cover the review of the WHO’s work in health emergencies, including the International Health Regulations and ... Read more

Secretary for Health visits district health centre and express (with photos) ****************************************************************************      The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, visited Kwai Tsing District Health Centre (DHC) at Kowloon Commerce Centre in Kwai Chung and Yau Tsim Mong DHC Express at Pioneer Centre in Prince Edward this afternoon (April 4) so as to get a better grasp of the operations of the DHC and DHC Express and how the centres are working to tie in with the way forward set out in the Primary Healthcare Blueprint.        Accompanied by the Commissioner for Primary Healthcare, Dr Pang Fei-chau, ... Read more

Secretary for Health visits Prince of Wales Hospital (with photos) ******************************************************************      The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, visited Prince of Wales Hospital today (January 16) to get a grasp of the situation of the public hospital service during the winter surge, and to show support for frontline healthcare staff.        Accompanied by the Cluster Chief Executive of New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority (HA), Dr Chung Kin-lai, Professor Lo and the Under Secretary for Health, Dr Libby Lee, visited the Medical Specialist Outpatient Clinic, the Pharmacy of the Specialist Outpatient Clinics and a ... Read more

Secretary for Health visits Queen Mary Hospital (with photos) *************************************************************      The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, visited Queen Mary Hospital today (January 13) to get a grasp of the operation of public hospitals during the winter service surge, and expressed his gratitude to frontline healthcare staff for their continuous efforts and contributions.      Accompanied by the Cluster Chief Executive of Hong Kong West Cluster of the Hospital Authority (HA), Dr Theresa Li, Professor Lo and the Under Secretary for Health, Dr Libby Lee, visited the isolation ward, the medicine cohort cubicle and the angiography suite. They ... Read more

Secretary for Health briefs representatives of healthcare professional bodies on healthcare-related policy initiatives in Policy Address (with photo) ******************************************************************************************      The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, met with representatives of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, statutory boards and councils of various healthcare professions, as well as healthcare professional bodies accredited under the Accredited Registers Scheme for Healthcare Professions today (December 13), exchanging views on the various healthcare-related policy initiatives in The Chief Executive’s 2022 Policy Address. Representatives of the Hospital Authority and the Department of Health also attended the meeting.             At the meeting, Professor Lo briefed the representatives of ... Read more