Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau today attended the signing ceremony of collaboration agreements between The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (CMHHK) and three local universities with Chinese medicine schools, witnessing CMHHK as the Chinese medicine teaching hospital for these universities to promote the quality development of Chinese medicine (CM) in Hong Kong.

The three universities are: Baptist University, Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong.

CMHHK will commence services in phases from December. Its clinical services cover six specialised CM services of Internal Medicine, External Medicine, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, and Acupuncture & Moxibustion.

Chinese medicine experts from the three universities will participate in these services and jointly formulate clinical standards and guidelines, enabling CMHHK to provide quality and safe services for the public.

As the teaching hospital for the three universities, CMHHK will provide local clinical placements and advanced training opportunities for undergraduates and postgraduates, serving as an important base for nurturing CM talent.

Additionally, the hospital's diverse clinical cases, coupled with the top-tier research capabilities of the universities, will foster Chinese medicine scientific research development, including proprietary Chinese medicines development and clinical research.

CMHHK will also strengthen co-operation with counterparts on the Mainland and overseas through the international academic networks of the three universities to facilitate Chinese medicine going global.

Prof Lo said that he expects CMHHK and the three universities to create synergy in providing better Chinese medicine services for the public, as well as fostering training and education, and scientific research and innovation.

The Government will fully support CMHHK in collaborating with stakeholders to make use of the development platform of the Greater Bay Area and fully leverage Hong Kong's unique advantage of its strong support from the motherland and being closely connected to the world to contribute to the national development of Chinese medicine, he added.

Located at Pak Shing Kok Road in Tseung Kwan O, CMHHK adopts a public-private partnership model with its construction fully funded by the Government. Baptist University, commissioned as the contractor through tendering procedures, incorporated a company limited in accordance with the service deed to manage, operate and maintain the hospital.