Hong Kong

Icon Group acquires Hong Kong oncology clinic SunTech Medical

It is keen to make inroads into the ageing city.

Icon Group acquires Hong Kong oncology clinic SunTech Medical

It is keen to make inroads into the ageing city.

Hong Kong-based Zuellig Pharma buys Singapore healthcare startup Klinify

Klinify is being used by 800 doctors in Malaysia to manage their clinics.

Clearbridge Health expands Hong Kong presence with 1,500 sqft clinic

The new clinic features a dedicated space to hold educational health talks for medical tourist agents and patients.

Hong Kong's Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme goes live

Features include coverage extended to unknown pre-existing conditions and no limitations on ‘lifetime benefit'.

Hong Kong Government injects $10b to set up public healthcare stabilisation fund

The Hong Kong Genome Institute will also be established to promote the clinical application research on genomic medicine.

Hong Kong insurers gear for $1.27b national health insurance programme

The Voluntary Health Insurance System will offer $1,000 in tax benefits to lure residents.

Hong Kong's healthcare spending may double to $315b by 2033

Hospital-based care accounted for total health expenditure of $9.57b in 2018.

Congested Hong Kong hospitals at breaking point amidst winter flu surge

Authorities have set aside an additional $63.76m fund to support public hospitals.

Asia to host to several healthcare megadeals in 2019

This includes pharmaceutical firm Takeda’s $58b acquisition of Ireland’s drug company Shire.

Asia to host to several healthcare megadeals in 2019

This includes pharmaceutical firm Takeda’s $58b acquisition of Ireland’s drug company Shire.

High chronic diseases on the rise in Hong Kong's ageing population

5 in 10 deaths in 2016 were caused by stroke, cancers, diabetes, and respiratory diseases.

Hong Kongers pin hopes on healthcare industry as economy weakens: survey

Residents believe it has higher growth potential over IT and e-commerce.

Union Hospital - Hong Kong bags two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2018

The hospital won the Facilities Improvement Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year.

The doctors are out: Labour shortage cripples Hong Kong's public hospitals

Insufficient doctors and medical professionals, inevitably long waiting times, and empty unused wards are only the tip of the iceberg for Hong Kong’s struggling public healthcare system.