Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
香港大學李嘉誠醫學院 | |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital | |
Website | www |
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Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Gǎng Dà Yīxuéyuàn |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | gong2 daai6 ji1 hok6 jyun6*2 |
The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (
HKU Medical Faculty is the older of the two medical faculties in Hong Kong, the other one being the
History
The
In 1907 the school was renamed the Hong Kong College of Medicine.[5] In 1908 it was authorized to sign death certificates.[6] The nucleus of the school would later create the foundation for the new University of Hong Kong in 1910. Chinese society at the time was not quite ready for western medicine. As a result, many of the medical graduates had difficulty finding employment.[5]
The college was merged to become the medical school of HKU in 1911, one of the university's first faculties. The establishment of the
Admission and Programmes
Currently the Faculty offers seven undergraduate degree programmes:[9]
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Bachelor of Chinese Medicine
- Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Global Health Development
- Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences
- Bachelor of Sciences in Bioinformatics
A new programme, Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, is set to receive its first intake in the 2022/23 academic year.
Medical graduates are awarded the
Schools and Departments
- Department of Anaesthesiology
- Department of Clinical Oncology
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology
- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Surgery
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- School of Chinese Medicine
- School of Public Health
- School of Nursing
Controversy
Scandal of former Dean in SARS plague
In early 2007, the Council of the University of Hong Kong formally accepted the resignation of Professor Lam Shiu-kum (
In September 2009, Lam Shiu-kum was sentenced to 25 months in jail after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office. The misconduct involved inducing 12 patients who were treated at Queen Mary Hospital, to pay what appeared to be medical bills issued by the university and the hospital between 2003 and 2007 but were payable to Gastrointestinal Research, a company wholly owned by Professor Lam.[12] He admitted pocketing almost $4 million in donations. In passing sentence, Judge Li said although the patients' well-being was not compromised and they suffered no financial losses, Lam had seriously breached the trust of both the faculty and his patients. Setting a starting point of five years jail, the judge deducted 35 months for Professor Lam's guilty plea, his good character and the fact that he had repaid all the money. Professor Lam earlier pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in public office, but denied more than 30 charges of theft and fraud. The prosecution had agreed not to proceed with those charges.[13]
Renaming of the faculty
As one of the founding faculties of the University of Hong Kong, the Faculty of Medicine changed to its present name after securing a pledge of a HK$ 1 billion donation from businessman and philanthropist Li Ka-shing under the funding of Li Ka Shing Foundation. The renaming was objected to by many students and prominent alumni of the faculty.[14][15] Despite this, the university officially renamed the faculty on 1 January 2006.
Notable alumni
Hong Kong College of Medicine
- Republic of China
- Hong Kui Wong (黄康衢) (1876-1961). He graduated from Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese in 1900. He moved to
Teaching Hospitals
- Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong)
- The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay
- Grantham Hospital
- Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
- Kowloon Hospital
- MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre
- Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
- Ruttonjee Hospital
- Tsan Yuk Hospital
- Tung Wah Hospital
- Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital
See also
- Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese
- Medical education in Hong Kong
- University of Hong Kong
- Li Ying College
References
- ^ a b "About HKUMed - HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine". www.med.hku.hk. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ISBN 9789622091948.
- ^ "History". British Medical Association (Hong Kong Branch). Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ISBN 962-209-258-6
- ^ ISBN 962-209-613-1
- ^ Starling, Arthur. Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society. Hong Kong Museum of Medical
Sciences Society Staff. (2006). Hong Kong University. ISBN 962-209-805-3
- ^ "WHO-SARS Update 12 (SARS virus close to conclusive identification, new tests for rapid diagnosis ready soon)". Archived from the original on 11 April 2003.
Scientists at Hong Kong University had previously announced, on 21 March, the isolation of a new virus that was strongly suspected to be the causative agent of SARS. (5th paragraph)
- ^ a b c "HKU Medicine Brochure" (PDF). Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ "HKUMed".
- ^ "HKU Media News: Council Accepts Resignation of Dean of Medicine". HKU. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ "BBC News: HK doctors in the spotlight". BBC. 15 April 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- S2CID 71593988. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ Nickkita, Lau (4 September 2009). "Bitter pill". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ Parry, Jane (23 May 2005). "Concern over renaming at HKU". www.the-scientist.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "三十名港大醫學院校友聯署 反對李嘉誠命名醫學院 (30 alumni objected the renaming of the faculty)". 24 May 2005.
- ^ http://www.cnac.org/rebeccachan_piloted_to_serve_01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://davidtkwong.net