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How our people go above and beyond to touch lives and transform care.
A Hard-fought Win
Overcoming time pressure and the global shortage of test kits and reagents, the 8-member Microbiology team from Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong’s Clinical Laboratory has made in-house COVID-19 testing a reality, about two months after Hong Kong confirmed its first COVID-19 case.
Today, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong is capable of testing up to 150 COVID-19 samples daily in its laboratory. It uses two test platforms (POCT or point of care testing and PCR or polymerase chain reaction testing), to provide quality and efficient service to meet our patients’ needs.
Between end of March and end of May, the hospital tested more than 200 cases, while supporting the Hong Kong Government Department of Health’s Community Deep Throat Saliva Surveillance Programme with about 300 cases.
The team is ramping up the laboratory’s testing capacity to meet the anticipated surge in testing demand as the government prepares to open up its borders to businesses travellers with negative COVID-19 nucleic acid testing result certification.
By making COVID-19 testing available to our patients and the medical needs of our clinicians, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong is helping to stem the spread of the virus in the community. It is also keeping our hospital safe for our inpatients and frontline staff, ensuring that it continues to provide uninterrupted healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conjoined Twins Separated After 27-Hour Milestone Surgery
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Flexing Our AI Muscles
Did you know that IHH has a data team that recently developed and launched our very own AI-powered billing estimation tool? The in-house solution FeeAdvisor.ai has been progressively deployed in our hospitals in Malaysia.
Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way
“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart” – the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln has been a guiding force in Dr Chang Woan Ching’s life, and the motivation behind her string of academic achievements during the difficult COVID-19 lockdown period.
Here's To Our Quality & Innovation Champions
The theme 'Quality & Innovation: Reimagined' set the stage for two awesome days of learning among staff across our global network. Find out who prevailed in the 2021 IHH Quality Summit and Innovation Challenge.
Transforming Care, Digitally
In an effort to deliver better care to patients, leading healthcare providers such as IHH are turning ‘high tech’ to complement our ‘high touch’ services.
Clearing The Air On COVID-19 Vaccination
Taking action against fake news and information clutter around COVID-19 vaccination, Acibadem Healthcare has launched a 360 marketing and communications campaign ‘Hold on to Life with Vaccination’.
Grooving To A Common Beat
Taking team building to a whole new level of fun, our colleagues at Chengdu and Shanghai recently rolled out a unique staff bonding and core values programme that has a touch of African wild.