CUHKMC@Central

July 13, 2022 (Wednesday) HEAL Medical has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation (MOU) 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. >

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, Orthopaedics, 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.

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