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Published: 20:37, March 29, 2023 | Updated: 14:12, March 30, 2023
Lo vows to deepen exchanges during Guangdong visit
By Wang Zhan
Published:20:37, March 29, 2023 Updated:14:12, March 30, 2023 By Wang Zhan

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau (fourth right), Director of Health Ronald Lam Man-kin (third right), and Chairman of the Hospital Authority Henry Fan Hun-ling (second right) learn about the development milestones of the national human organ donation and transplant work from Wang Haibo (first left), director of the Big Data Centre of National Health Commission for Human Tissue, Organ Transplant and Medicine at the China Organ Donation and Transplant Development Museum on March 29, 2023. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG - Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau led a delegation for a three-day visit in Guangdong province on Wednesday and vowed to deepen exchanges and cooperation with Chinese mainland health authorities.

Lo called on the Health Commission of Guangdong province, attended the opening ceremony of the Nansha International Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, and also visited the Big Data Centre of National Health Commission for Human Tissue, Organ Transplant and Medicine.

During his meeting with Party Secretary and Director of the Health Commission of Guangdong Province Zhu Hong, Lo shared the experience of Hong Kong in containing the COVID-19 pandemic and the latest development of various healthcare policies

"I, together with the health authorities of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, shall continue to maintain our close contact with the Health Commission of Guangdong province, with a view to deepening exchanges and co-operation with the mainland in the healthcare aspect," Lo was quoted as saying in an HKSAR government statement.

During his meeting with Party Secretary and Director of the Health Commission of Guangdong Province Zhu Hong, Lo shared the experience of Hong Kong in containing the COVID-19 pandemic and the latest development of various healthcare policies. 

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"I would like to express my gratitude to Director Zhu for his staunch support for the work of the Health Bureau, the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority (HA) all along,” Lo said.

“In particular, the leaders of the Health Commission of Guangdong province showed much care towards the situation in Hong Kong during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic last year, and coordinated the mainland medical support team in a short period of time to render assistance to the HA and provide suitable treatments for COVID-19 patients in the community treatment facility at AsiaWorld-Expo.”

At the opening ceremony of the Nansha International Hospital, Lo delivered a speech and noted that the hospital is located in the core zone for the development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. 

He pointed out that the Nansha Plan promulgated by the State Council affirmed the strategic position of Nansha and supported Nansha to turninto into a major strategic platform based on the GBA, coordinate the development between Hong Kong and Macao, and work “with a global perspective”. 

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“I anticipate that the Nansha International Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University will provide high-quality services to the residents in the GBA and at the same time substantially enhance the medical integration of Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macao," Lo said.

In the afternoon, the delegation went on to visit the Big Data Centre of National Health Commission for Human Tissue, Organ Transplant and Medicine to meet its Director, Wang Haibo, before touring the China Organ Donation and Transplant Development Museum. 

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau (second left), Director of Health Ronald Lam Man-kin (first left); and Chairman of the Hospital Authority Henry Fan Hun-ling (fourth left) meet with Party Secretary and Director of the Health Commission of Guangdong Province Zhu Hong (first right) during a visit to the Health Commission of Guangdong Province on March 29, 2023. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

"The national human organ donation work has indeed made remarkable achievements in recent years and the China Organ Transplant Response System is highly recognized by the World Health Organization and the Transplantation Society,” Lo said. 

“It is the anticipation of the Health Bureau to explore the setting-up of a standing co-operation mechanism for sharing organs for transplant with the Mainland, so as to make the best use of donated organs for saving lives."

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The other members of the delegation include Director of Health Ronald Lam Man-kin, Commissioner for Primary Healthcare of the Health Bureau Pang Fei-chau and Chairman of the Hospital Authority Henry Fan Hung-ling.

Lo and the delegation will proceed to Shenzhen on Thursday and continue their visit.


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