Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

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Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
香港大學李嘉誠醫學院
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MottoStrength From Diversity
Type Public
Established
  • 1 October 1887;138 years ago (1887-10-01) (as Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese)
  • 1911;114 years ago (1911) (as Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)
President Xiang Zhang
Dean Lau Chak-sing
Undergraduates 2,900 (2021) [1]
Postgraduates 1,700 (2021) [1]
Address
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam
,
Hong Kong
Affiliations Queen Mary Hospital
Ruttonjee Hospital
Kowloon Hospital
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital
Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
Website med.hku.hk
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Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Clinical Oncology
  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine and Primary Care
  • Medicine
  • Microbiology
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopaedics and Traumatology
  • Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
  • Pathology
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery

Controversies

Criticism of Prince of Wales hospital by dean during SARS epidemic

During the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong, the faculty's dean, Lam Shiu-kum, publicly criticised the Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) and its associated medical school (under the Chinese University of Hong Kong) for their alleged poor handling of the outbreak. As PWH was at the centre of the outbreak, Lam wrote in a letter to the South China Morning Post (SCMP): [16] [17]

"Why was the index of suspicion so low in Hong Kong, the acuity of judgment so raw, the sense of infection control so weak and the mechanism for instituting isolation so rusty? It took the Prince of Wales two weeks to decide to ban visitors to its wards." [17]

In response via a letter to the SCMP, more than one hundred doctors from the PWH refuted his claims and called for unity. They wrote that they found it "objectionable and distressing to be subjected to such accusations" and that such criticisms had been "very damaging to the morale of the frontline staff" at the hospital, adding that they had been under extreme stress for more than four weeks. [16] [17]

Lo Wing-lok, president of the Hong Kong Medical Association, said that "this type of mud-slinging was unhelpful" and that "we did not have the benefit of hindsight when we were facing this catastrophe". [17] Similarly, Ho Shiu-wei, chief executive of the Hospital Authority, said that Lam's accusations were easy in hindsight. [18] Both attributed the criticisms to the long-standing rivalry between the two medical schools and their teaching hospitals, and called for solidarity and collaboration. [17] [18]

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. [19] [20] Despite this, the university officially renamed the faculty on 1 January 2006.

Patient billing controversy and jailing of former dean

In January 2007, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) set up an inquiry committee after receiving complaints "relating to certain billing arrangements in respect of private patients of a clinical department of the university". [21] In March amid the investigation, the faculty's dean, Lam Shiu-kum, abruptly resigned, citing "personal reasons". [21] [22] HKU acknowledged that Lam's resignation was a "highly unusual" event.[ citation needed ]

HKU was questioned by legislator Kwok Ka-ki on why it had earned only slightly more at its Queen Mary Hospital (QMH) than the Chinese University of Hong Kong did at their Prince of Wales Hospital, despite conducting three times more operations a year. [23] In an article published by the South China Morning Post in March 2007, an anonymous medical source familiar with the faculty's operation said that there had long been a lack of monitoring and transparency concerning the faculty's billing of private services. The source was reported saying, "[f]or example, the surgical department alone can make more than HK$10 million a year. But for years frontline doctors are not told where the money goes, it is a black hole". [22]

In September 2009, Lam was sentenced to 25 months in jail after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office. Between 2003 and 2007, Lam had induced 12 of his patients at QMH to pay what appeared to be medical bills issued by the university and the hospital, but were payable to Gastrointestinal Research, a company wholly owned by Lam. The payments totalled HK$130,000. [24] [25] Lam had also asked three patients to make HK$3.8 million in donations to medical research, which he then pocketed. [25] [26] In passing sentence, the judge said that although the patients' well-being was not compromised, [26] Lam had seriously breached the trust of both the faculty and his patients, and had attempted to cover up his misconduct. [25] [26] The judge said he had taken into account 22 letters that spoke highly of Lam's character and contributions to medicine, including one from former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, [25] [27] whom Lam was personal physician for. [27] Setting a starting point of five years jail, the judge deducted 35 months for Lam's guilty plea, his good character, and the fact that he had repaid all the money, leaving 25 months. [26] Prosecutors were advised by the secretary of justice not to proceed with 33 charges of fraud and theft, which were thus left on file. [25] [26] [27]

After the scandal, HKU introduced 16 measures to eliminate loopholes concerning the billing of private patients by faculty staff. [27] In August 2010, Lam was released early from prison after serving 11 months of his 25-month sentence, but was required to live under supervision in a correctional services hostel for six months. [28]

Notable alumni

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Traditional Chinese 香港大學李嘉誠醫學院
Simplified Chinese 香港大学李嘉诚医学院
Literal meaningThe University of Hong Kong Li Ka-shing Medical School
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Xiānggǎng Dàxué Lǐ Jiāchéng Yīxuéyuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping hoeng1 gong2 daai6 hok6 lei5 gaa1 sing4 ji1 hok6 jyun6*2

Hong Kong College of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

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Teaching hospitals

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly named
    • Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (1887–1907)
    • Hong Kong College of Medicine (1907–1910)
    • Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (1910–2005)
  2. ↑ The city's third medical school is under development as of November 2025, and is to be ran by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. [2]

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