HEAL Medical Group (New Frontier) and CUHK Medical Centre Sign MoU

July 13, 2022 (Wednesday) HEAL Medical Group (New Frontier Group) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with CUHK Medical Centre (CUHKMC) for the purpose of providing higher-quality medical services to the people of Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area. Mr. Antony Leung, Founder and Chairman of New Frontier Group, and Dr. Hong FUNG, Chief Executive Officer of CUHK Medical Centre, were present in the signing ceremony. 

HEAL Medical Group is a subsidiary of New Frontier Group, consisting of HEAL Medical Centre, HEAL Oncology Centre, and HEAL Aesthetic Centre. Collectively, HEAL strives to practice empathy and provide first-rate care to patients and their loved ones in a welcoming environment. 

Mr. Antony Leung, Founder and Chairman of New Frontier Group, said, "This cooperation marks an important milestone for HEAL Medical Group. We are combining the medical resources of CUHKMC and New Frontier Group to better serve the citizens of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area with more comprehensive medical services. 

Dr. Hong FUNG, Chief Executive Officer of CUHK Medical Centre, said, "In addition to offering a more widespread selection of medical services, this collaboration will make the services of CUHK Medical Centre and CUHK Medical Clinic more accessible to Hong Kong Island residents; for now, the shared synergies, advantages, and resources of both parties will allow us to provide high-quality medical services to the people of Hong Kong; in the future, there will be opportunities to expand such services to the Greater Bay Area to benefit even more patients.” 

At present, both parties have begun sharing medical resources, with the CUHK Medical Centre ready to arrange for specialists to be stationed out of HEAL Medical Centre. 

HEAL Medical and The CUHK Medical Clinic@Central will have clinical specialists and medical professionals covering 16 specialties, including: Clinical Oncology, Colorectal Surgery, Breast Surgery, Urology, Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, ENT, Family Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine Services, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Paediatric surgery, Public Health, and Primary Care. The interdisciplinary expertise on offer will ensure that all individualized needs of patients are met. 

Residents of the Greater Bay Area will be to utilize the medical expertise of HEAL Medical Group and CUHKMC, coupled with the benefits of CEPA and other Greater Bay Area policies, in addition to the Hong Kong Macau Drug and Medical Equipment Scheme. 

This cooperation brings together specialists and medical staff from different disciplines to create multi-disciplinary teams (MDT), which will provide collaboration opportunities to make multi-faceted diagnostics and to formulate the best possible treatment plans for patients. 

New Frontier Health’s operational efficiency and management quality will further strengthen as a result of this cooperation. Naturally, this opportunity will involve the integration of HEAL Medical Group and other New Frontier Health subsidiaries’ professional knowledge, resources, and application of drugs and medical equipment in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. This experience will lay a solid foundation for promoting the development of cross-border treatment in the near future.

Thanks to HEAL Medical Group, New Frontier’s flagship Greater Bay Area hospital, Shenzhen New Frontier United Family Hospital, currently has a team of experienced Hong Kong-based doctors to lean on for support. The flagship hospital will also leverage the Hong Kong Macau Drug and Medical Equipment Scheme to introduce Hong Kong approved drugs into the mainland market. Ultimately, the goal is to create opportunities for medical development in the Greater Bay Area, and eventually provide high-end, private medical services for residents of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and the Greater Bay Area.

Heal Medical Group is a subsidiary of New Frontier Group, a patient-centric medical group with a leading healthcare system and investment platform in Greater China. New Frontier seeks to provide world-class medical services for patients of all ages with empathy in mind.

New Frontier Group, through its subsidiaries New Frontier Health and Strategic Healthcare Holdings, oversees the operation of all its medical businesses in Greater China, covering general hospitals, specialized hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, home care and other fields. New Frontier’s portfolio currently includes brands such as United Family Healthcare (comprehensive high-end private medical service provider), Care Alliance (rehabilitation medical group), YD Care (home medical service provider), Xiangya Bo’ai (level three rehabilitation hospital), Mango Pediatric, YD Baby, New Frontier United Family Greater Bay Area Flagship Hospital (a high-end private international hospital located in the heart of Shenzhen), Hong Kong Heal Medical Center, etc. 

New Frontier Group’s subsidiary, Heal Medical Group, operates three clinics in Hong Kong, including Heal Medical Center - multi-disciplinary outpatient services; Heal Oncology Center - comprehensive cancer treatment; Heal Aesthetic Center - medical-grade cosmetic services with a high degree of privacy. Heal’s team of medical experts cover major specialties to meet the needs of different patients and assist them in their recovery journey. The three clinics are conveniently located in the heart of Central for easy access.

CUHK Medical Centre (CUHKMC) is a non-profit, private teaching hospital wholly owned by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). With a social mission to bridge the service gap between the public and private healthcare systems, CUHKMC is dedicated to offering quality healthcare service at affordable and transparent package prices. In line with the not-for-profit principle, all surpluses from all healthcare services will be ploughed back to the hospital for hospital development and the CUHK Faculty of Medicine for research and teaching.

The CUHK Medical Clinic@Central provides the following services: 

• General Surgery
• Neurology 
• Neurosurgery
• Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Paediatric Surgery
• Public Health Medicine/Primary Care 

The  CUHK Medical Clinic@Central 
https://cuclinic.hk/tc/centres/cuhk-medical-clinic-central