(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong expert: Mainland medical teams come to Hong Kong to support and treat patients with a solid legal foundation
China News Agency, Hong Kong, March 15 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) At the request of the Hong Kong SAR government, a total of 75 mainland medical teams sent by Guangdong Province to Hong Kong arrived in Hong Kong on the 14th to participate in the treatment of patients with new coronary pneumonia.
In this regard, a number of Hong Kong legal and medical experts pointed out in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the mainland medical team came to Hong Kong to support this time with a solid legal foundation. It is believed that with the cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong medical personnel, Hong Kong will definitely be able to overcome the epidemic. .
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, said at the anti-epidemic press conference on the 14th that the mainland medical team came to Hong Kong because the central government accepted the request made by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, and the National Health Commission took the lead in organizing the mainland medical team to Hong Kong.
The "Emergency (Exemption from Statutory Requirements) (Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulation" enacted by the Chief Executive in Council under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance was recently gazetted to help the SAR Government make good use of the central support and the Mainland medical team to come to Hong Kong Participation in treatment work provides a legal basis, and the Chief Secretary for Administration of the SAR Government is also empowered to grant exemptions for relevant situations.
In this regard, Fu Jianci, a member of the National Association for Hong Kong and Macao Studies and the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation, pointed out that in Hong Kong, any medical staff must be registered before they can provide medical services.
Now, the regulations set by the Emergency Regulations Ordinance have been gazetted. In response to the need to fight the epidemic and treat patients, Mainland medical teams coming to Hong Kong for support will be exempted from other statutory regulations.
Fu Jianci believes that the arrangement is urgent, necessary and legal, solves the problems arising from the actual operation and the medical process, and provides a solid legal basis and solutions.
He believes that with the cooperation between the mainland and Hong Kong medical staff, Hong Kong will surely be able to overcome the epidemic and return to normal life as soon as possible.
Member of the Hong Kong SAR Election Committee and barrister Ng Yingpeng believes that there are various legal channels for mainland medical teams to work and participate in treatment in Hong Kong. Regulations for epidemic prevention, including "appointment of any other persons and their powers, duties and functions", and exemption from registration under Section 26 of the Nurses Registration Ordinance.
The regulation made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance this time is due to the rapid deterioration of the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong, which has impacted the local medical system and strained the number of medical staff. It is an emergency and endangers the public under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance. safe situation.
"Therefore, the relevant practice is completely legal, reasonable and reasonable, and there is a solid legal basis for mainland medical staff to come to Hong Kong to support and carry out related medical work." Wu Yingpeng pointed out that this arrangement is not only a breakthrough in Hong Kong's legal mechanism, but also a fight against the epidemic. A breakthrough in thinking.
As a society under the rule of law, Hong Kong must adhere to the rules in social operations, but in extraordinary times, we must take extraordinary measures to change from passive to active.
"Adhering to the rule of law and emancipating the mind are not opposed, and the mechanism must be adjusted in a timely manner so that the law can serve the overall situation of the fight against the epidemic."
Zhou Bozhan, chairman of Hong Kong Zhihui and a Hong Kong doctor, told reporters that Hong Kong's laws allow foreign doctors to come to Hong Kong, but they need to go through certain procedures and approvals.
Mainland medical teams come to Hong Kong to participate in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, risking their lives.
This "emergency" arrangement can be said to remove "red tape" in an extraordinary period, save time and procedures, and is more "timely rain" for Hong Kong, which he very welcomes.
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