As a major teaching hospital of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Medicine, the Prince of Wales Hospital not only provides the community with secondary and tertiary medical services, it also provides highly specialized quaternary medical treatments to Hong Kong as a whole. With the continuous growing and ageing population of Shatin, the service demands in specialized surgeries and community outreach services have steadily increased. The Prince of Wales Hospital Charitable Foundation is now raising fund for the following three projects, enabling more patients in need to receive appropriate treatments as early as possible.
Sports enthusiast Johnson, who was originally a Physical Education teacher, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease when he was 36. His motor ability was greatly weakened, leading to drastic life changes. After receiving deep brain stimulation (DBS), his condition has significantly improved and he has regular running training and starts taking part in running contests with fellow patients.
It is estimated that around 13,000 people are suffering from Parkinson’s disease in Hong Kong. Their motor ability is very limited despite having taken medicine and some of them are confined to home everyday. A donation of HK$250,000 will enable a patient with Parkinson’s disease to undergo DBS and enjoy a rejuvenated life.
Heart attack is like an invisible killer. According to research, more than 400 sudden death cases caused by cardiac arrhythmias take place in Hong Kong every year. Sudden deaths come without any warning signal, taking people by surprise. Implanting a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) can help monitor and fix a patient’s cardiac arrhythmias anytime and anywhere, rescuing a precious life at critical moment.
Owing to overwhelming service demand, the Prince of Wales Hospital can only cover the need of the extremely high-risk category currently. A donation of HK$200,000 can help a high risk patient to have an ICD implanted as soon as possible, saving his life and also his family.
Many patients with chronic diseases receive home visits and need the support from community nurses to help monitor and maintain their health conditions, and to learn self-care skills to reduce the chance of getting hospitalized again. However, quite a number of elderly patients find the HK$80 service fee prohibitive and would decline such visits, adversely affecting their health conditions. Since the establishment of Project CHEERS in 2011, over 1,700 home visits by the community nurses have been offered to patients in need for free. 97% of the patients could healthily stay in the community without the need to readmit shortly after discharge from hospital.
On top of this, Project CHEERS subsidizes the provision of advanced wound dressings to help patients’ wounds heal faster. The results are very remarkable.
Acknowledgement – filming assistance and provision of filming venues (listed in no particular order): Johnson Mr WONG Mdm TANG Kwan-ying Ms Coco CHEUNG Asia Pacific Catering (Hong Kong) Link REIT Sha Kok Market
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Source of clippings: Radio Television Hong Kong, Medtronic
