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Li Shu-fan (1887 –24 November 1966) was a leader of the medical profession in Hong Kong and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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Li Shu-fan (1887 –24 November 1966) was a leader of the medical profession in Hong Kong and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
He was a native of China but received his early education in the US. Li graduated from the Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1908. In 1910 he obtained the M.B.,Ch.B at the University of Edinburgh. [1]
Li was the Minister of Public Health under Sun Yat-sen (a fellow alumnus of the Hong Kong College of Medicine).[ citation needed ] He was the head of the Canton Kung Yee University Medical School in Guangzhou (then called Canton) from 1923 to 1924;he treated Mikhail Borodin at this time. In 1926,he was named to head the Yeung Wo Nursing Home,which under his leadership was reorganized and renamed to the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. He retired from medical practice in 1958,but remained chairman of the board and Medical Superintendent until his death in 1966. His younger brother Li Shu Pui succeeded him as Superintendent. [2]
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In 1961 he donated land,estimated value 250,000 pounds,to the University of Hong Kong. A year later,he gave his life earnings (more than 80% of the shares of the Hong Kong Sanatorium) to establish the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation for medical research and education was established in March 1962. [3] [4]
In 1964,he published his autobiography,Hong Kong Surgeon.
Buildings at the University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Sanatorium &Hospital are named for him.
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