China News Service, Hong Kong, February 6 (Reporter Dai Menglan) The Secretary for Medical and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mr Lo Chung-moo, said on the 6th that Hong Kong will increase the number of general outpatient clinics by 25% during the Spring Festival holiday. The number of general outpatient clinics will increase from 14 to 14. The number will be increased to 18, and 1,800 government-subsidized outpatient service places will be provided at Chinese medicine clinics and teaching and research centers in 18 districts in Hong Kong.
On the same day, Mr. Lu Chongmo went to the Accident and Emergency Department of Hong Kong Kwong Wah Hospital and the General Outpatient Clinic of Brickey to learn about the various measures implemented by the Hong Kong Hospital Authority to strengthen services during the Spring Festival holiday. He made the above remarks when meeting the media after visiting Hong Kong Kwong Wah Hospital.
Many private clinics, community family doctors and Chinese medicine practitioners in Hong Kong will be closed during the Spring Festival holiday. Lu Chongmao said that in order to reduce the impact of the sharp increase in demand for medical treatment during the Spring Festival on the public medical system, the Medical and Health Bureau of the SAR Government has integrated the information of private hospitals, medical institutions, family doctors and traditional Chinese medicine clinics in the 18 districts of Hong Kong that will provide treatment during the holiday. , and cooperated with the Spatial Data Office of the Development Bureau of the SAR Government and the Lands Department to upload relevant hospital and clinic information to the online platform to facilitate public search. According to the information currently available, about 100 private hospitals, Western medicine clinics and medical institutions in Hong Kong, as well as more than 40 traditional Chinese medicine clinics, will provide services during the Spring Festival holiday.
Lu Chongmao also talked with waiting residents at the Berridge General Outpatient Clinic in Hong Kong. Many residents praised the services of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority and the professionalism of medical staff. Lu Chongmao would like to express his special thanks to the medical staff of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority for sticking to their posts during the Spring Festival, continuing to provide professional and efficient medical services to the public, and protecting the health of the public. (over)