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The Walk for Vision 2013 organised for the fifth year by Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital ("HKSH"), has successfully raised a total of HK$850,000 to support services for St. James' Settlement Kin Chi Dementia Care Support Service Centre ("St. James' Settlement"). The fund will be used for the purchase and modification of a rehabilitation van to transport dementia patients...
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Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) is pleased to announce that a new corneal transplantation procedure – Descemet’s Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK), a minimally invasive sutureless corneal transplantation technique, was firstly performed in Hong Kong last October 2012. The new technique involves transplanting an ultra thin layer of donated corneal cells (or...
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(22 January, 2013 – Hong Kong) Up to 2% of young children are affected by peanut allergy in the United Kingdom and the incidence is increasing world wide. In 2009 it was reported that 4 to 8% of children in Hong Kong had food allergies. The exact prevalence of peanut allergy in Hong Kong and China is unknown although it has been estimated that as high as 35% of Taiwanese...
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(8 January 2013 - Hong Kong) Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) constantly strives to provide the best medical treatment and patient care by participating in pioneer medical researches. Since 2006, the Hospital has published over 200 research papers in academic journals covering a wide range of specialties and topics, including nuclear medicine, PET/MRI technology,...
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(17 December 2012 – Hong Kong) Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) continues to offer support to “Operation Santa Claus" (OSC), an annual charity campaign jointly organized by South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). In addition to the annual Christmas Party in benefit of OSC, HKSH firstly introduced another fundraising event “K Actually”...