How good is Hong Kong's medical standard

The medical history of Hong Kong began in 1887 at the Hong Kong Chinese Western Medical College, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Father of the Nation, was a graduate of the first class. After more than a hundred years of development, has been inherited from the British medical system, has created a lot of outstanding achievements. In terms of world medical standard, Hong Kong's medical standard is second only to that of the United States, and is even higher than that of Europe and the United States in individual areas, for example, the level of curing stomach and lung cancers is situated at the first place in the world.

Hong Kong's medical conditions are still among the best in the world. According to Hong Kong Medical Directory, Hong Kong's largest medical appointment platform, Hong Kong has the world's longest life expectancy for both men and women, at 80.5 years for men and 86.7 years for women.

The infant mortality rate is also an important indicator of the quality of medical services. Hong Kong has the world's lowest infant (under-five) mortality rate of 2 per 1,000, and an infant mortality rate of 3 per 1,000, which is very close to that of Singapore, which has the lowest rate.

Patients with breast, uterine and prostate cancers, which are among the top 10 most common cancers in Hong Kong, enjoy higher five-year relative survival rates than those in Europe and North America. The relative survival rate for breast cancer in Hong Kong is 89.8%, narrowly missing the United States, which is recognized as the best medical center for breast cancer treatment, by only 0.2%. Hong Kong beats European and American cities in the treatment of stomach cancer with a five-year survival rate 13 percentage points higher. Hong Kong also leads the world in survival rates for lung and uterine cancer.

Hong Kong's lung transplantation technology is again among the best in the world, beating both the United States and Canada. The one-year and five-year survival rates are as high as 100% and 78% respectively. That's more than 20 percentage points higher than Singapore, which is struggling to develop itself as a transplant medical center. in March 2009, the Singaporean government passed a law legalizing the sale of organs, which has attracted many foreign residents to the Lion City for lung transplant care. Hong Kong may not be an organ transplant center, but its high level of sophistication in high-tech surgery still far outstrips that of Singapore.

These realities are proof enough that Hong Kong is at the forefront of the world, in terms of doctors' skills, medical equipment, and application of drugs.