Hong Kong’s first flagship Chinese medicine hospital to open

Hong Kong’s first flagship Chinese medicine hospital – the Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (CMHHK) is set to open on December 11, commencing service in phases.

With the CMHHK being the first hospital in Hong Kong offering predominantly Chinese Medicine (CM) services, Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau said the hospital will lead the way for Hong Kong’s CM services to go beyond primary healthcare and play a part in secondary and tertiary healthcare services.

“I look forward to its development of a ‘Hong Kong model’ for pure CM services, services with CM playing the predominant role and integrated Chinese-Western medicine services, providing more comprehensive CM services to members of the public.

“CMHHK will give full play to its role as a ‘change driver’ to drive CM development in Hong Kong and in the Greater Bay Area through close collaboration with the CM sector and stakeholders, as well as to assist CM services to go global, thereby contributing to the national development of CM,” Prof Lo said.

In its first year of service, the hospital will provide outpatient and day-patient services, and will fully launch six specialized CM services, namely internal medicine in CM, external medicine in CM, gynecology in CM, pediatrics in CM, orthopedics and traumatology in CM, and acupuncture and moxibustion in CM. It will also provide 12 special disease programs, including those for elderly degenerative diseases and stroke rehabilitation.

For outpatient services, government-subsidized services will cover general clinic, specialized clinic and integrated allied health clinic services, while market-oriented services will cover private clinic and integrated allied health clinic services.

Inpatient services will mainly commence from the second year.

It is expected that by the end of 2030, the CMHHK will provide full inpatient services, involving 400 patient beds, as well as outpatient services handling 400,000 patients annually.