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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Government (hereafter HKSARG) proposed to launch a Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) in an attempt to incentivise the middle class to use more private health care services so as to lessen the burden on public health care services, in addition to implement ...

IntroductionRecent studies revealed that seven in ten HK undergraduates showed symptoms of depression and anxiety. The Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Hong Kong University analyzed 34 students’ suicidal cases and found that only 20% were receiving mental healthcare before their death...

IntroductionElongation of population life expectancy leads to increase in the number of people with chronic health issues, including cognitive impairment. In our local Hong Kong population, there were around 103,433 people suffering from dementia in 2009, and it was expected to raise 222% to 332,688...

IntroductionChronic knee pain affects 31% of elderly in Hong Kong (HK). The waiting list for total knee replacement (TKR) was doubled dramatically from 2014 to 2018. Guidelines recommend exercise and self-management education as core management for knee osteoarthritis (OAK). The National Health Serv...

IntroductionFalls are serious cause of morbidity and costs, especially in Cancer Palliative Care. Most patients with these incurable diseases were aged, terminally-ill and highly stressful. Patients with bone metastasis or brain metastasis were extremely high risk. Cancer patients could suffer from ...

IntroductionThere has been an increase in frequency of changes in patient conditions during training in physiotherapy department due to frailty, multiple comorbidities and more acute status of patients that may endanger patients’ safety. Patients’ safety is always first priority in delivering tr...