China News Service, June 6. According to the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, the Greater Bay Area Service Agency of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Legislative Council Member Office of Huang Guo conducted a "cross-border medical needs survey" from April 25 to May 20.
The survey shows that more than 70% of the Hong Kong people surveyed support cross-border medical cooperation.
Zeng Zhiwen, vice chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, said that as of March 31, HKU Shenzhen Hospital had arranged 42,700 consultation appointments and provided consultation services for about 35,600 people. The number of users of the special support scheme launched reflects the strong public demand for cross-border medical services.
The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions Aged Services Agency returned 882 questionnaires to Hong Kong residents. More than 60% of the respondents were waiting for specialist outpatient clinics or surgeries. Among them, 40% believed that the waiting time in Hong Kong public hospitals was long, and more than 70% of the respondents were Hong Kong residents. Support the implementation of cross-border medical cooperation, and support the SAR government to subsidize Hong Kong residents registered with the Hospital Authority to go to the top three mainland hospitals such as the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital to see a doctor.
The Mainland Consultation Service Center of the Federation of Trade Unions interviewed 1,552 Hong Kong residents in 9 cities in the Greater Bay Area. Nearly 90% of them have sought medical treatment in the Mainland; 37% of the respondents said that they need to spend more money on medical records without mutual recognition of medical records. Check again.
Wong Kwok, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, pointed out that the survey results showed that 74% of Hong Kong residents and 93% of mainland Hong Kong residents supported the implementation of the "Special Support Scheme for Hong Kong Residents in the Hong Kong SAR Government's Long-term Follow-up of the Hospital Authority in Guangdong". 69% and 82% of the Hong Kong Medical Welfare Association went to the top three hospitals in the Mainland to see a doctor respectively, which shows that there is a huge demand for cross-border medical services.
Mr. Fang, a Hong Kong citizen in the Mainland, lives in Guangzhou. He once went to the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital for follow-up consultation through the special support plan. This plan can take care of the medical needs of Hong Kong people in the Mainland, and the arrangement of using medical vouchers can reduce their financial burden.
However, due to his advanced age and inconvenience of mobility, it is difficult to cope with returning to and from Shenzhen for follow-up visits. If the plan can be regularized and extended to other cities in the Greater Bay Area, it will be great news for Hong Kong people in the Mainland.