Protective gear supply ensured

March 13, 2020

Hospital Authority Chief Manager (Quality & Standards) Dr Lau Ka-hin:

For personal protective equipment (PPE), actually we did face a severe problem of delivery from other countries. This is very common in the world now, including in Western countries as well as Asian (countries).

We have done our best to purchase any PPE items from (across) the world - to try to buy directly without tendering, as well as try our best to make sure the logistics, the supply chain is effective in delivering PPE to Hong Kong.

At the same time, I should thank the Hong Kong Government who has made every effort in helping the Hospital Authority to secure some of the PPE deliveries to Hong Kong in order to provide sufficient PPE to our staff to fight against the coronavirus.

(To watch the full press briefing with sign language interpretation, click here.)

The Hospital Authority today said it is doing its best to ensure the supply chain is effective in delivering personal protective equipment (PPE) to Hong Kong.

The authority’s Chief Manager (Quality & Standards) Dr Lau Ka-hin told a press briefing that it did face a severe PPE delivery problem from other countries, but that this was a common situation faced across the globe.

“We have done our best to purchase any PPE items from across the world - to try to buy directly without tendering, as well as try our best to make sure the logistics, the supply chain is effective in delivering PPE to Hong Kong.”

Dr Lau also thanked the Government for making every effort in helping the authority to secure some of the deliveries to Hong Kong to provide sufficient PPE to its staff to fight against the coronavirus.