To promote a positive attitude towards death and dying and to increase public awareness of hospice and palliative care, the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress Hospice & Palliative Social Work Satellite Symposium “The Art of Palliative Social Work – Research, Practice and Beyond... Read More
Mr Li Ka-shing’s Open letter to Everyone Serving the “Heart of Gold” Hospice Service Programme (Hong Kong, 28 April 2014) Cancer takes away over 10,000 lives in Hong Kong each year. Facing death and enduring pain, many cancer patients are overpowered by the emotional stress and pain induced by... Read More
(Hong Kong, 15 November 2012) The tenth Hospice Centre established under the “Heart of Gold” Hong Kong Hospice Service Programme, a collaboration programme between the Hospital Authority (HA) and the Li Ka Shing Foundation (LKSF), was opened in Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital today (15 November). The... Read More
(Hong Kong, 23 May 2012)The Palliative Centre of North District Hospital was officially opened on 22nd May 2012. The centre provides hospice and palliative service for terminal cancer patients in a comfortable environment where patients can complete their life journey with dignity. This centre is the... Read More
(Hong Kong, 28 March 2011) Between 2007 and 2010, through the “Heart of Gold” Hong Kong Hospice Service Programme, more than 1500 volunteers, 100 medical professionals, 8 hospice centers and the Li Ka Shing Foundation (“LKSF”) partnered to serve the complex needs of terminal-stage cancer patients... Read More
(Hong Kong, 29 January 2008) The visit to the new hospice centre at Queen Mary Hospital today by Mr Li Ka-shing, Chairman of the Li Ka-shing Foundation (LKSF), and Mr Anthony Wu, Chairman of the Hospital Authority (HA), marked the extension of the LKSF’s nationwide “Heart of Gold” Hospice... Read More
(December 13, 2007) The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with the Hospital Authority and Department of Health, has launched a Prospective Study on the Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Elderly Patients in preventing pneumococcal pneumonia.... Read More
