CE views Kai Tak Holding Centre

March 30, 2022

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam (third right) is briefed on the facilities at the Kai Tak Holding Centre.

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam visited the Kai Tak Holding Centre which was converted from the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal.

Managed by the Social Welfare Department, the centre provides care and treatment services for COVID-19 elderly patients.

Mrs Lam was briefed by representatives of the department as well as the care and medical teams on the centre’s operation including the workflow of patient admission and other services.

The first phase of operation, covering about 400 beds, started last week. The remaining 800 or so beds will come into service on March 31.

The Chief Executive noted that Baptist University will deploy a team of Chinese medicine practitioners to provide treatment with a view to practising service integration of Chinese and Western medicines.

She was also pleased to learn that new arrangements have been implemented, allowing residential care homes for the elderly to contact the department and the Centre for Health Protection directly for arrangements to send residents who test positive for COVID-19 with mild or no symptoms to various holding centres.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam today visited the Kai Tak Holding Centre to inspect preparations for the admission of COVID-19 elderly patients as well as the provision of care and treatment services for seniors.

Managed by the Social Welfare Department, the centre has around 1,200 beds in total. The first phase of the operation covering about 400 beds started on March 21 and the remaining 800 beds will come into service tomorrow.

Mrs Lam thanked the various institutions for responding to the Government's call to take part in the operation of the holding centres and integrating elderly services with healthcare services to enhance the quality of services for seniors.

“With more holding centres coming into operation, together with several hundred contract care workers recruited by the Social Welfare Department locally and directly from the Mainland, deployed thereat at after training, the Government shall enhance the care and treatment services for the infected elderly in order to ease the pressure on public hospitals and residential care homes for the elderly.”