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HKBU participates in the operation of the Kai Tak Holding Centre and offers Chinese medicine-based services
 

30 Mar 2022

Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive (5th left); Professor Sophia Chan, Secretary for Food and Health (5th right); Dr Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare (4th left); Mr Gordon Leung, Director of Social Welfare (1st right) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Dr Ko Pat-sing, Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority (1st left); and Dr Lam Ching-choi, Chief Executive Officer of the Haven of Hope Christian Service (3rd right), visit the Kai Tak Holding Centre operated by HKBU. They are received by Mr Paul Poon, Deputy Chairman of the Council and the Court (3rd left); Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor (4th right); and Professor Bian Zhaoxiang, Associate Vice-President (Chinese Medicine Development) (2nd left) of HKBU.
Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive (5th left); Professor Sophia Chan, Secretary for Food and Health (5th right); Dr Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare (4th left); Mr Gordon Leung, Director of Social Welfare (1st right) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Dr Ko Pat-sing, Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority (1st left); and Dr Lam Ching-choi, Chief Executive Officer of the Haven of Hope Christian Service (3rd right), visit the Kai Tak Holding Centre operated by HKBU. They are received by Mr Paul Poon, Deputy Chairman of the Council and the Court (3rd left); Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor (4th right); and Professor Bian Zhaoxiang, Associate Vice-President (Chinese Medicine Development) (2nd left) of HKBU.
 
The government officials and organisation representatives visit the Kai Tak Holding Centre operated by HKBU and take photo with the Chinese medicine team of the School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU.
The government officials and organisation representatives visit the Kai Tak Holding Centre operated by HKBU and take photo with the Chinese medicine team of the School of Chinese Medicine at HKBU.
Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Bian Zhaoxiang, Associate Vice-President (Chinese Medicine Development) of HKBU, introduce the operation of the Kai Tak Holding Centre operated by HKBU.
Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Bian Zhaoxiang, Associate Vice-President (Chinese Medicine Development) of HKBU, introduce the operation of the Kai Tak Holding Centre operated by HKBU.

HKBU has been appointed by the Social Welfare Department of the HKSAR Government as one of the operators of the Kai Tak Holding Centre. HKBU has dispatched a team of Chinese medicine practitioners to provide Chinese medicine-based treatment services to the resident elderly COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms.
 
The Kai Tak Holding Centre, managed by the Social Welfare Department, has come into operation in phases since the latter half of March. It has been designated for the admission of elderly COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms who have been discharged from the hospitals of the Hospital Authority, and residents of elderly care homes who need to be quarantined after assessment. The Centre provides a total of 1,200 beds, and the 393 beds operated by HKBU was put into service on 31 March.
 
Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive, together with Professor Sophia Chan, Secretary for Food and Health, and Dr Law Chi-kwong, Secretary for Labour and Welfare of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, visited the Kai Tak Holding Centre on 30 March for an overview of the beds being managed by HKBU. Mr Paul Poon, Deputy Chairman of the Council and the Court, and Professor Alexander Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU, introduced the Chinese medicine treatments and the other care services offered by the University to the resident elders.

 

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