From June 28, the coverage of the Elderly Health Care Voucher (EHCV) will be extended to the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou (FAH-SYSU), the Department of Health announced today.

Senior citizens will be able to use EHCVs to pay for outpatient healthcare services provided by 15 designated FAH-SYSU departments, including internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, stomatology, dermatology, rehabilitation medicine, laboratory medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, neurology, cardiovascular medicine, nutrition, emergency medicine, as well as the health management centre.

The Department of Health also noted that Hong Kong seniors using EHCVs at medical institutions in the Greater Bay Area have to register with eHealth. This arrangement applies to the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, the Huawei Li Zhi Yuan Community Health Service Center, the FAH-SYSU, and the remaining six pilot medical institutions that will launch relevant arrangements under the EHCV Greater Bay Area Pilot Scheme in the future.

Starting tomorrow, the patients can undergo identity verification and registration at the counter on the west side of the Medical Service Center, 1/F, Building No.1 of the FAH-SYSU. They may also make appointments via the FAH-SYSU official mobile application “Appointment Booking for Hong Kong Elderly Health Care Voucher” or through the self-service machine located in the hospital.

After receiving outpatient services at the designated departments, they can use EHCVs to pay fees. As the fees are denominated in renminbi, the FAH-SYSU will display the voucher conversion factor for reference at the cashier offices.

The arrangements for the shared use of EHCVs between spouses, as well as the EHCV Pilot Reward Scheme, apply equally to the EHCV GBA Pilot Scheme.