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More healthcare resources set

July 05, 2016

The Government will follow up on the $200 billion 10-year Hospital Development Project to implement a host of healthcare upgrades in the coming years.

 

In the fourth year work report on the current-term government released by the Chief Executive today, it said the project will provide more than 5,000 additional hospital beds and over 90 new operating theatres.

 

To alleviate pressure on the public healthcare system due to manpower shortages and the surge in demand, the Legislative Council approved an allocation of $10 billion for the Hospital Authority in March to establish an endowment fund for regularising and enhancing clinical Public-Private Partnership programmes being undertaken on a pilot basis, and developing new clinical Public-Private Partnership initiatives.

 

The Government's Electronic Health Record Sharing System was also launched in March. It provides an electronic platform for two-way sharing of patient records among healthcare providers in the public and private sectors, with patients’ consent, which facilitates better and timelier patient care.

 

Meanwhile, the three-year Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot Programme, which will subsidise eligible Hong Kong residents aged 61 to 70 to participate in colorectal cancer screening in phases, is expected to be implemented in September. About 300,000 participants will benefit from the programme.



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