A special programme will be launched on April 24 to provide free Chinese medicine outpatient rehabilitation service to discharged COVID-19 patients, the Food & Health Bureau announced today.

The Special Chinese Medicine Out-patient Programme will be provided by the Chinese Medicine Clinic & Training & Research Centre (CMCTR), which operates on a collaboration model involving the Hospital Authority, a non-governmental organisation and a local university.

Under the programme, the CMCTR will provide a maximum of 10 free Chinese medicine general consultations within six months from the discharge date of the patients and prescribe up to five doses of Chinese medicine per visit according to their clinical needs.

Acupuncture, bone-setting and other treatments are not included in this special rehabilitation programme.

Patients will be given a letter with information and programme enrolment details upon their discharge. Participation is voluntary.

Those who wish to take part in the programme should call the CMCTR to make an appointment, and bring the letter as well as relevant documents to the CMCTR for the free consultations.

The bureau said the programme provides discharged COVID-19 patients with alternative rehabilitation treatment while enabling the Chinese medicine industry to assume a more active role in the Government's anti-epidemic work.

Call 2794 3068 for details.