Follow South China Morning Post - Hong Kong Health & Environment, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp14 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:24:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t5U-WIQ0F1oylmFkX7M1Jw Authorities investigate whether exhaust system was functioning properly at underground site.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 04:41:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t5U-WIQ0F1oylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v2LskG19-3Al1cWWor9YPv Mil Mill last month announced it would move to new site in Fanling after government-backed science park required it to vacate Yuen Long Industrial Estate.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 02:00:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v2LskG19-3Al1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6umoJ-KOXrGQKCY3L745TL_ Top government adviser Professor David Hui from CUHK warns that most of the severe cases in children in summer were unvaccinated.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 07:28:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6umoJ-KOXrGQKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t7pQV2rrvhf8b1naedg1wr First blaze at 5.04am put out but firefighters still battling second incident nearly four hours later.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 03:26:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t7pQV2rrvhf8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v3SlB73XsXI-zdsCmHakzH Officials reveal scale of potential breaches after six-hour inspection operation by buildings, lands and police on Friday morning.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:24:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v3SlB73XsXI-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t8zSdiS1txg-T5HJgy6HUf Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan says jobs have been offered to 130 non-locally trained doctors, and more than 80 have signed contracts.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:09:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t8zSdiS1txg-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6vP61Jb2aHjaXn9ye8UNv30 Lam Sui-fun, 68, said Hong Kong Red Cross helped her to start process of tracing biological family last year.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:52:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6vP61Jb2aHjaXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6tivaH5fZDHUOT5HJgy6HUf Accessible healthcare means more than making medical treatment available and affordable. Efforts should be made to understand what issues stand in the way of patients accessing treatment and work to eliminate them.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 03:30:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6tivaH5fZDHUOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6uf9qG-ddCAhyejEQ2Mq9rY Positions have been offered to more than 100 non-local doctors following recruitment exercises in Britain and Australia, Hospital Authority official says.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 02:00:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6uf9qG-ddCAhyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6tuT_gHSUYPJOT5HJgy6HUf Authorities will prosecute owner of Villa Cornwall on 85 Castle Peak Road in Tuen Mun over works comprising unauthorised blocks and additional roof installation.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 01:00:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6tuT_gHSUYPJOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6uGJ7780DM90Hn9ye8UNv30 The hottest summer ever recorded in Hong Kong coincided with higher temperatures elsewhere in Asia, as global climate change also sent the mercury rising in Europe and North America. Will next year be hotter?]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:00:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6uGJ7780DM90Hn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v5DxM1asFSoV1cWWor9YPv Shenzhen United Family Hospital is interested in serving Hong Kong patients to reduce waiting times in city, former financial secretary Antony Leung says.]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 02:00:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v5DxM1asFSoV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v_XbvwAq5T8l1cWWor9YPv Mindfulness services could be offered at 18 government-backed district health centres or express stations, Professor Samuel Wong of Chinese University says.]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2023 14:05:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v_XbvwAq5T8l1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t96Efl18DE2ilmFkX7M1Jw Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan says woman, 60, was admitted to a special observation ward for an injury to her left hand and mental confusion.]]> Sat, 16 Sep 2023 17:36:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t96Efl18DE2ilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t8VqmhYp8j3ClmFkX7M1Jw Hongkongers apply for emergency handout after city devastated by Super Typhoon Saola and record-breaking rainstorm, just one week after another.]]> Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:57:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6t8VqmhYp8j3ClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6sjEoBOye_FEeT5HJgy6HUf Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn warns scrutiny not limited to scandal-hit Redhill Peninsula, where a landslide exposed breaches at three luxury homes.]]> Sat, 16 Sep 2023 08:00:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6sjEoBOye_FEeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6tg44bYHzwbJeT5HJgy6HUf Forecaster says rain particularly heavy in Tai Po with at least 70mm an hour falling or expected to fall.]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:04:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6tg44bYHzwbJeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v_OScrpTstx5s0ohxaO6Yr Chief executive stresses authorities are examining best way to approach problem, but notes city has more than 400,000 private buildings.]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:29:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v_OScrpTstx5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v9mD34B8WUveT5HJgy6HUf Massive woolly mammoth skeleton, a first for Hong Kong, a star attraction in permanent gallery devoted to prehistoric creatures at Hong Kong Science Museum.]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:13:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6v9mD34B8WUveT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6vJULWosWv-WHn9ye8UNv30 Chinese University of Hong Kong team says magnetically-powered mini robot acts like brush to scour away biofilm build-up in devices such as stents and catheters.]]> Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:20:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zTKXM41Kn6vJULWosWv-WHn9ye8UNv30