Half of the public hospitals in Hong Kong next year or reject mainland pregnant women

According to the Daily News of February 17, Hong Kong public hospitals will reduce the number of pregnant women in the mainland to the public hospital delivery places. The Authority's special task Force on obstetric services for non-eligible persons, it is proposed that 8 hospitals with obstetric services in Hong Kong, 4 of which include Guanghua, Princess Margaret, Granville House and Tunmen Hospital will stop booking for non-local pregnant women, while the remaining eastern, Queen Elizabeth, Mary and 4 hospitals will still accept non-local pregnant women for appointment, However, the overall quota will be reduced to 3,000 or less, and the proposal will be submitted to the Government for consideration this month. The Task Force on obstetric care for unqualified persons, chaired by Zhang Weilin, director of the HA Networking service, 16th met with the heads of Obstetrics and gynecology departments of 8 public hospitals to discuss the number of non-local pregnant women to be received next year. Members agreed and reiterated the need to give priority to obstetric services for local pregnant women and to make a preliminary plan for the appointment of non-local pregnant women in the coming year. Zhang Weilin said after the meeting that the Task force had recommended 4 public hospitals, including Kwong Wah Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and Tunmen Hospital, to discontinue the appointment of non-local pregnant women next year, and 4 other hospitals, including the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, The Queen Mary Hospital and the United Christian Hospital will still be subject to appointments for non-local pregnant women, but the overall quota will be further reduced from 3,400 this year to less than 3,000. He stressed that the primary service for local pregnant women in public hospitals would be to pay close attention to local and non-local expectant mothers to adjust their appointment quotas to ensure that the needs of local pregnant women were met, and the recommendations would be submitted to the Food and Health Bureau within this month.