16 hours ago
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Elderly Hongkongers can use healthcare vouchers at 2 Zhuhai hospitals from Thursday
Elderly Hongkongers will be able to use healthcare vouchers for medical services at two hospitals in Zhuhai later this week under a government subsidy scheme, part of the city's plan to expand the coverage of the project across the border.
Advertisement
The government on Monday announced that the Elderly Health Care Voucher Greater Bay Area Pilot Scheme would be launched at Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Zhuhai People's Hospital on Thursday.
The latest additions would bring the total number of hospitals in mainland China that accepted the city's healthcare vouchers to 11.
Currently, more than 1.78 million elderly people in Hong Kong are eligible to use government healthcare vouchers.
As in Hong Kong and other existing locations in the Greater Bay Area, the vouchers cannot be used for inpatient services, prepaid healthcare procedures and day surgeries.
Advertisement
They also cannot be used solely for the purchase of goods, medication, medical equipment or products, or redemption for cash.
