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The city’s over-stretched public hospitals often result in long waiting times.  In 2014, to relieve the pressure on public healthcare services, the Club’s Charities Trust announced a donation of HK$1.3 billion to The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to partially fund the establishment of a teaching hospital on its campus. This is the largest ever single donation made by the Trust to medical services.

To be named the CUHK Medical Centre, the new hospital underlines the Club’s commitment to improving the health and well-being of Hong Kong citizens, as it will be the first in Hong Kong to offer fixed-price treatment packages to local residents, benefiting particularly the middle class. A ground-breaking ceremony was held recently to mark the start of its construction.

The CUHK Medical Centre will comprise three blocks – one of which will be named after The Hong Kong Jockey Club – providing a total floor area of 100,000 square metres. It will offer around 600 patient beds with a full range of medical services including a 24-hour clinic; a cardiac intervention centre; an integrated care centre for older people; a radiotherapy centre; a sports medicine and rehabilitation centre; a urology centre; a wellness centre; and a special ward with age-friendly features.

The teaching hospital will bring affordable healthcare to a broad range of citizens. Some 250,000 people are expected to benefit each year from its inpatient, outpatient and training facilities.

Due for completion in the first quarter of 2020 and full operation in the second quarter, the CUHK Medical Centre will complement the Prince of Wales Hospital in providing practical training and clinical attachment for students of CUHK’s undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programmes, as well as healthcare professionals from other tertiary institutions.

The Club has long been a staunch supporter of Hong Kong’s medical development. Among many other projects, it supported the establishment of public clinics and health centres across the city in the 1950s and the Centre for Health Protection in reaction to the SARS outbreak in 2003, helping Hong Kong prevent and fight epidemics.