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2021-06-11 06:00
Last update date: 2021-06-11 06:00
The Hong Kong Jockey Club (Jockey Club) has been rooted in Hong Kong for more than 135 years. Apart from providing world-class horse racing and racecourse entertainment to the public, the Hong Kong Jockey Club is also in the spirit of taking the society and using the society, through taxation and charitable donations, the income of gaming and lotteries Give back to society.
The Jockey Club has always paid attention to different social needs, and support for the promotion of healthy communities and the development of medical and health services is one of its important donations. From the health protection center that was established after the SARS outbreak, to the ones that are now being put into service in phases. The Chinese University Hospital of Hong Kong are examples.
The Jockey Club is committed to helping build a healthy community, and supporting the establishment of the Chinese University Hospital is one of the examples.
The Zhongda Hospital is the largest single donation made by the Jockey Club in medical and health care.
Jockey Club Chairman Chen Nanlu (fourth from left), members of the board of directors, and CEO Ying Jiabai (first from right) pose for a photo at the Chinese University Hospital.
The Jockey Club has been cooperating with different organizations for many years to support the development of medical and health services, raise public awareness of physical and mental health, and establish a healthy lifestyle by encouraging everyone to participate in sports.
These projects prove that the Jockey Club has a heart to promote a healthy community and implement its mission of building a better society.
To support Hong Kong's medical and health development and donate to establish a health protection center
In the 1950s, Hong Kong's living environment was distressed and infectious diseases spread rapidly.
Due to tight public health resources, the Jockey Club has made many key donations to support the expansion of hospitals and expansion of public medical equipment, and donated funds to support the establishment of multiple Jockey Club clinics, mobile clinics and maternal and child health centers. There are still 14 The clinic named by the Jockey Club serves the public.
After the SARS epidemic broke out in 2003, the Jockey Club quickly allocated 500 million Hong Kong dollars to support the government's establishment of a health protection center for strengthening infection control and drawing up emergency response policies and related work.
Later, when Hong Kong faced public health challenges such as bird flu and swine flu, the center played an active role to assist the government in responding more quickly and efficiently.
Projects also funded by the Jockey Club include assisting all public hospitals in Hong Kong to install patient lifting systems and electric hospital beds, so that patients can receive treatment in a safer and more dignified environment, and can further enhance the occupational safety of medical staff.
Millions of citizens benefited from traveling with Hong Kong people
As the largest single taxpayer in Hong Kong and one of the top ten charitable donor organizations in the world, the Jockey Club insists on maintaining public health and safety in order to maintain important taxes and charity despite the impact of the epidemic. The donation provides support to the community. So far, more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars have been allocated to support a number of immediate relief and long-term anti-epidemic measures.
In order to help the community fight the epidemic, the Jockey Club has launched a number of assistance programs since February last year based on the principles of "fast", "precision" and "new" to overcome difficulties with the community, benefiting more than 1 million citizens.
In the early stage of the epidemic, the Jockey Club purchased or donated nearly 16 million masks in just a few months, and provided care packages for the disadvantaged. It also launched an emergency assistance fund, which will send an average of two weeks to successful non-governmental organizations. The agency provides funding.
The Jockey Club has also cooperated with all sectors of society to carry out a series of innovative projects, including providing free mobile Internet data for primary school children studying at home, and launching a food assistance program through self-service food extraction machines and online food delivery platforms and delivery services. Provide nutritious food for qualified people in need.
Under the continuing epidemic, the Jockey Club has also launched a project with different partners to provide talent matching and professional work for first-time job-seeking college graduates, as well as nursing homes for the elderly, homes for the disabled and nursing care subsidized by the Social Welfare Department. The hospital provides funding to improve safety and infection control facilities.
The Jockey Club has launched a number of relief measures, including providing care packages to cater for the needs of different people under the epidemic.
Promote high-quality medical support to establish the Chinese University of Hong Kong Hospital
The epidemic reminds us that high-quality medical care and professional medical staff are vital to building a healthy community.
The Chinese University Hospital of Hong Kong (CUHK Hospital) in Sha Tin District, which was established by the Jockey Club through its charitable trust fund donating 1.3 billion Hong Kong dollars, has recently begun to put into service in stages.
This is the largest single donation made by the Jockey Club for medical and health care, and it is also the largest donation to the Chinese University of Hong Kong over the years. It can provide affordable medical services to the general public, relieve the stress of public hospitals, and further strengthen the Sha Tin District. Medical service network.
As the first smart hospital in Hong Kong, CUHK Hospital is well-equipped and makes good use of technology, such as the use of an automatic dispensing system to reduce patient waiting time and increase medication safety.
In addition, the hospital uses mobile information technology, such as a fully paperless electronic medical record, to support the patient's diagnosis and treatment process, and to improve the efficiency of the hospital’s operation. It also complies with the principles of environmental protection. The hospital has also been certified by the BEAM Plus, which affirms its environmental protection. Conservation and sustainable development efforts.
In order to provide the public with high-quality medical services with high charging transparency, CUHK has implemented a pricing and charging model so that patients can have a clear grasp of their budget.
In addition, the hospital will become a place for clinical internships of medical students and other medical staff of CUHK, which will help strengthen the training of local medical professionals and respond to social needs.
All of the above fully demonstrate the commitment of the Jockey Club to promote the health and well-being of Hong Kong citizens and help build a healthy community.
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