HongKong

Telemedicine offers solutions to Hong Kong patients unwilling to visit hospitals for check-ups amid coronavirus crisis




Kwok Hiu-tung, a 25-year-old woman, had undergone a cleft lip surgery in a public hospital in Hong Kong in January. She was worried the worsening pandemic would delay her follow-up consultations.But like some other patients, she found a way out in telemedicine.“The wound around my lips has been itchy and sometimes it turns red,” she told her attending doctor through an online consultation, “but I don’t have any other problems. I feel nice overall.”Sitting at the hospital with his team, Dr Peter…



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