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Prior to the Hong Kong Children’s As for Dr. TAM, he hopes to see a 早在香港兒童醫院在 2018 年 12月正式啟用前，
Hospital, there have been three paediatric well-defined sub-specialisation 擁有豐富小兒外科專科經驗的梁偉業醫生和譚
surgical centres at PWH, Queen Mary development among paediatric surgeons 煜謙醫生便已投入參與，商討如何將香港不同
Hospital (QMH) and Queen Elizabeth in HKCH. He says clinical outcomes
Hospital (QEH). They have worked would continue to improve only when 醫院的小兒外科中心合併，提高醫療服務質素。
independently, had their own protocols paediatric surgeons develop their own
and their own teams. “So you can sub-specialty interests. 非僅是一個醫院項目
imagine the challenges we all faced,” he 梁 偉業 醫 生 解 釋，這 並 非 僅 是 一 個醫 院
explains. “We are from different centres “Nowadays, because of the advance in 項目，更 是 香 港 整 個 小兒 外 科 服 務 的 搬 遷
and obviously, people do things differently medical technology and concepts and 整 合：「我 們 不 但 要 設 計 新 病 房 的 設 備 配
and have different opinions.” with surgical procedures getting more
complicated, outcomes won’t be that 置，還 要 協 助購 買 儀 器，並 將 複 雜 的 外 科
After meticulous planning and numerous good if you can’t focus on one area. In the 服務包括新生兒手術和腫瘤手術等通通整
discussions among the paediatric surgical old days, it was different. Surgeons could 合 到香 港 兒 童 醫院 內，計劃 十 分 龐 大。」
centres on manpower deployment, operate on the brain, the toe, the uterus,
cases allocation and patient transfer almost everything. But these days, no!” 籌辦小兒外科的莫大挑戰
arrangements, the centre at Queen 在籌備香港兒童醫院期間，譚煜謙醫生參與了小
Elizabeth Hospital completed its move to He expressed the hope that more time
HKCH in July 2019. and effort will be spent on elective 兒外科附屬專科工作小組，他回想當時是個非
surgery. “We’ll try to identify doctors who 常複雜的歷程：「因為涉及到來自三間分別處於
Watching HKCH develop likened to can sub-specialise in certain areas so that 威爾斯親王醫院、瑪麗醫院和伊利沙伯醫院的
watching baby being born they can focus on that particular area and 小兒外科中心，與來自不同醫院的專業人員合
The PWH centre still functions but its accumulate the experience over time.” 作，是個很大的挑戰。」
paediatric surgeons are also now on the
payroll of HKCH, Dr. TAM explains. “My Despite the challenges, both Dr. LEUNG 儘管面對許多困難，梁醫生和譚醫生兩位均表
role is to ensure the proper allocation of and Dr. TAM say working with other 示，能夠與其他醫療專業人員一起創建香港兒
manpower in order to provide services healthcare professionals towards building
to HKCH while maintaining services in up HKCH is a lifetime opportunity for 童醫院，絕對是為社會留下畢生貢獻的難得機
PWH.” them…something they are very proud of. 會，也是值得自豪的成就。
His other major role in HKCH is to provide
training and services in the sub-specialty
areas. “I have strong clinical and research
interests in paediatric urology, minimally
invasive surgery and neonatal surgery.”

The merging of different paediatric centres
also proved challenging for Dr. LEUNG. “I
have been working in QEH for 28 years
so I know all my colleagues in the different
departments quite well. In this current
position, I had to ‘reboot’ and collaborate
with new colleagues for my clinical
and administrative duties,” he says.
“Fortunately, we got tremendous support
from colleagues in the different paediatric
surgical centres.”
He describes watching HKCH materialise
over the years as “watching a baby, since
its conception, being born for the first
time”.
A lifetime opportunity to leave behind
a legacy
He says since HKCH is still in its infant
stage, they are focusing on clinical
services for now. “Clinical service is the
most important area for us right now.
After that, we will gradually focus on other
areas like training and research in the
field of paediatric surgery. And, we can
only do this in collaboration with other
departments in this hospital as well as
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other public doctors, the government and
patient groups.”