“Love Can Help” Medical Assistance Programme
(Two Phases)

Project Goals and Purpose

• The programme served as a caring friend for patients falling outside the social security safety net and who were ineligible for government subsidies. Mr Li Ka-shing offered financial assistance to the individuals and families with these medical needs.

• In 2018, the Foundation funded the following services with a donation of HK$100 million in collaboration with the Hospital Authority:

  • Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT)
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
  • PET-CT Centre at the Tuen Mun Hospital
  • Funding to support medical faculties at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, while also offering financial assistance to their patients

• In 2020, the Foundation donated over HK$100 million:

  • To fund PCI procedures and also the newly added Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO)
  • To support a pilot initiative, LKS Career Seeding Fund for Medical graduates from HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
  • To support the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital’s “Transcatheter Cardiovascular Interventions Subsidy Scheme”
  • To support 12 non-governmental organisations providing various services to, among others, the visually impaired, mentally handicapped and physically disabled, autistic children, elderly, and underprivileged families