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The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The Legislative Council Panel on Health Services departed for Tokyo, Japan today (September 5) to begin its three-day overseas duty visit.
The purpose of the visit is for Members to gain a better insight into the experience and operation of Japan's healthcare financing, including the operation of its health insurance system. The delegation will also exchange views with officials involved in the provision of primary care.
During its stay in Tokyo, the delegation will meet with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Health Insurance Claims Review and Reimbursement Services. The delegation will also visit a public hospital and a private hospital to obtain first-hand information on their respective operation and two nursing homes to understand the operation of these homes in providing care to the elderly and the mentally handicapped.
The itinerary of the visit is as follows:
September 5 (Sunday)
9.30am Departure from Hong Kong for Tokyo
2.55pm Arrival in Tokyo
September 6 (Monday)
10am Visit to the Ministry of Health, Labour
and Welfare
2pm Visit to the Health Insurance Claims
Review & Reimbursement Services
4pm Visit to the Tokyo Hospital
September 7 (Tuesday)
10am Visit to the Fukushi (Welfare) Plaza
Sakurakawa, The Social Welfare
Corporation Nagaoka (nursing home for
the elderly and mentally handicapped)
12.30pm Lunch with Diet Members
3pm Visit to the Sanno Hospital
3.50pm Visit to the Sanno Medical Centre
4.50pm Visit to the Shinjuku Keyakien
(nursing home for the elderly)
The delegation is led by Dr Hon Joseph Lee Kok-long, Chairman of the Panel on Health Services. Other Members include Dr Hon Leung Ka-lau, Hon Fred Li Wah-ming and Hon Chan Hak-kan (Panel members), and Hon Chan Kam-lam, Hon Wong Yung-kan, Hon Lau Kong-wah, Hon Tam Yiu-chung and Hon Li Fung-ying (non-Panel Members).
Ends/Sunday, September 5, 2010
Issued at HKT 10:01
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