Gleneagles Connect #52

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View this email in your browser Parkway Medical Services and Caritas join hands on Precious Blood Hospital redevelopment Parkway Medical Services* and Caritas – Hong Kong has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the redevelopment project of Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas). The project will involve renovating the current Precious Blood Hospital building, upgrading its facilities, setting up an off-site ambulatory care centre, and in the long run, developing a new ambulatory clinical block near the hospital. Aimed towards providing high-quality healthcare services to patients in the neighbourhood and beyond, the redeveloped hospital will focus on the provision of outpatient consultation, elderly healthcare services, and high-volume day and elective operations or procedures.   * Both Parkway Medical Services and Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong are members of IHH Healthcare. Parkway Medical Services 與香港明愛攜手翻新及擴建寶血醫院   Parkway Medical Services* 早前與香港明愛簽署合作備忘錄，攜手翻新及擴建寶血醫院（明愛）。 項目的內容包括翻新現有的寶血醫院大樓、提升其設施，並在院外設立日間醫療中心，長遠計劃在醫院旁邊興建一棟全新的日間醫療大樓。完成翻新及擴建後的寶血醫院將主要提供門診、長者醫療服務，以及需求較大的日間及預約手術或程序，務求為區內及其他地區的病人提供高質素的醫療服務。   * Parkway Medical Services 與港怡醫院同為IHH醫療集團成員。 Gleneagles' column on Sky Post       Gleneagles' Consultant in Gastroenterology & Hepatology Dr Ng Tsz-lam Lindy spoke about the relationship between intestinal metaplasia and stomach cancer. Another educational piece on renal denervation was contributed by Gleneagles' Consultant in Cardiology Dr Ng Kei-yan Andrew. Read on for the full articles (in Chinese only):   🔎Will intestinal metaplasia turn into stomach cancer? 🔎Renal denervation to treat resistant hypertension 晴報專欄「醫語怡情」   港怡醫院腸胃肝臟科顧問醫生吳芷琳醫生講解關於腸化生與胃癌的關係; 而於另一篇文章中, 港怡醫院心臟科顧問醫生吳基恩醫生亦透過專欄文章, 讓大眾認識腎臟交感神經消融術 。   閱讀全文： 🔎腸化生會變成胃癌？ 🔎腎臟交感神經消融術  治頑固性高血壓 Gleneagles' column on HK01     Our Pharmacy Manager shared information on psychiatric medications. This was followed by another article on the safety of blood transfusion, contributed by our Medical Technologist.   Read on for the full articles (in Chinese only):   🔎Understanding psychiatric medications 🔎Medical technologists ensure safe blood transfusions 香港01專欄「醫健怡情」 港怡醫院藥劑部經理協助讀者正確認識精神科藥物；在另一篇文章中，港怡醫院醫務化驗師分享關於輸血安全的資訊。     閱讀全文：  🔎正確認識精神科藥物 🔎醫務化驗師嚴格把關輸血安全 Treating Pneumothorax with surgery: Preventing recurrence may be more effective and less traumatic than you imagine! Pneumothorax (commonly known as a "collapsed lung") is a condition where air accumulates in the pulmonary pleura and then compresses the lung. The human body relies on the chest wall and diaphragm movement for lung's expansion and contraction in breathing. Once pneumothorax occurs, the body cannot directly drive lung movement, reducing the efficiency of the lung function and leading to breathing difficulty and chest pain. If not treated properly, there is a chance to increase the risk of recurrence. Dr SIHOE Dart-loon Alan, Honorary Consultant of Cardio-thoracic Surgery at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, states that traditionally pneumothorax is recommended to be treated with air evacuation followed by pleural symphysis, an assisting open-chest surgery. The surgery involves injecting chemical agents or placing irritants to prevent the recurrence of pneumothorax. In recent years, patients may choose the alternative option to undergo a minimally invasive approach — single-port thoracoscopic surgery to prevent recurrence. After air evacuation, the doctor will perform the surgery directly through the drainage tube incision in the chest cavity, without another incision, effectively reducing surgical trauma and shortening recovery time. To further prevent recurrence, doctors may also incorporate an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) programme to help patients regain their abilities as soon as possible. For instance, prescribing pain medication or anaesthesia before the surgery to reduce the pain response of the nervous system and using electronic chest drainage to maintain stable negative pressure post-surgery to assist lung drainage and healing. Patients only need to avoid strenuous exercise or air travel for one month after the surgery to avoid affecting lung adhesion, after which they can resume normal life. 🔎Please click here to read the article (in Chinese only) where Dr SIHOE Dart-Loon Alan explains more on pneumothorax and its treatments. 透過手術治療氣胸︰預防復發可能比想像中更有效且低創傷性！   氣胸（俗稱「爆肺」）是因空氣積存於胸腔膜並壓住肺部，導致肺塌陷的情況。人體依靠胸壁和橫隔膜的運動使肺部擴張和收縮來呼吸，一旦發生氣胸，身體便不能直接帶動肺部活動，繼而令肺部運動效率降低，導致呼吸困難和胸口疼痛。如果處理不善，更有機會增加復發風險。 港怡醫院心胸肺外科名譽顧問醫生司徒達麟醫生表示，傳統治療方案建議患者先排氣治療氣胸，及後進行輔助性的開胸手術——胸膜黏連手術，透過注入化學物質或放置刺激性物質以預防氣胸復發。近年，患者更可透過微創方法——單孔胸腔鏡手術預防復發，醫生會在排氣後於胸腔引流管傷口直接進行手術，毋須因增加切口而造成額外的傷口，有效減少手術創傷和縮短康復時間。 為了進一步預防復發，醫生更會配合「快速康復模式」（ERAS）計劃，助患者儘早回復狀態。例如在手術前先處方止痛藥物或麻醉，減低神經的痛楚反應；手術後亦可透過胸腔電子引流去保持穩定的負壓，協助肺部引流和癒合。患者只需於手術後一個月內避免進行劇烈運動或乘搭飛機，避免影響肺部的黏結。患者在康復後便可繼續一切正常的生活習慣。 🔎請按此閱讀文章，由司徒達麟醫生解說氣胸的資訊及治療方法。 Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong 港怡醫院   Learn about the latest information from Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong  了解本院最新資訊  Website 網站: https://gleneagles.hk/ Centre for Health Protection   衞生防護中心 Provide the latest epidemic information and guidelines in Hong Kong  提供香港最新的防疫資訊及指引 Website 網站: https://www.chp.gov.hk/tc/index.html Department of Health 衞生署 Release updated government health policy   公佈政府衞生政策  Website 網站: https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html World Health Organization 世界衛生組織 Provide the latest global epidemic information and guidance  提供全球即時的防疫資訊及指引 Website 網站: http://WHO.int Social media 社交媒體 Contact us 聯絡我們 Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong - 1 Nam Fung Path, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong 港怡醫院 - 香港黃竹坑南風徑 1 號 Mainline 電話: +852 3153 9000 Website 網站: https://gleneagles.hk/ We are sending this newsletter and other health information to our patients who have shared with us their email contacts. If you do not wish to receive them, please click here to unsubscribe. 我們向已與本院分享電郵地址的病人發放此通訊和其他相關健康資料。 如果您不願意接收相關電郵，請按此取消訂閱。 Copyright © 2024 Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, All rights reserved.