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Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan. [10] Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service. [11] The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools.
Term of Office President 1920-1922 Dr WAN, Man Kai 1922-1923 Dr KWAN, King Leung 1923-1924 Dr JEU, Hawk 1924-1925 Dr WOO, Wai Tak Arthur 1925-1926
The Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff (Chinese: 香港護士協會) is one of the largest medical unions in Hong Kong. [9] The AHKNS was founded in 1977 and adopted its present name in 2007. According to its statistics, the AHKNS is the largest nursing union in Hong Kong, representing more than 60% of the city's nurses.
The Department of Health, under the Health Bureau, is the health adviser of Hong Kong government and an executive arm in health legislation and policy. Its main role is to safeguard the health of the community through promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative services in Hong Kong. [ 8 ]
The need for end-of-life care in Hong Kong was identified in 1984, when Sister Gabriel O’Mahoney, then medical superintendent of Ruttonjee Sanatorium, invited Professor James Hanrathy [1] of St Joseph's Hospice [2] in the United Kingdom to a local hospice care conference sponsored by the Keswick Foundation. In 1986, SPHC was established by ...
Union of Health and Social Care Services; ... Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions; Hong Kong Journalists Association; Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union;
This changed with reforms to Hong Kong's healthcare system in the late 1980s. In October 1987, Governor David Wilson officially announced the government's intention to establish a new, semi-independent Hospital Authority , which would be administered by a new Hospital Services Department (HSD). [ 1 ]
The Kowloon Central Cluster (Chinese: 九龍中醫院聯網) is one of the seven hospital clusters managed by Hospital Authority in Hong Kong.It consists of nine public hospitals, one institutions and thirteen general outpatient clinics to provide public healthcare services for the population of Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City and Wong Tai Sin.