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Stay Committed as a doctor

despite life-changing Roles

人生角色常變 行醫初衷未變

Doctors can gain patients’ trust and
respect by being humble and treating
them with professionalism.
醫生也要常存謙卑之心，只有運用專業的
醫學知識和醫術，助己助人，便能真正取
得病人的信賴和尊敬。

Dr Pang Lai-sheung
彭麗嫦醫生 (MBChB 1993)

edical practice and was very challenging for Dr Pang when private healthcare providers to keep
commercial operation she was tasked with the commercial abreast with the social changes and
M may seem divergent, but operational side of things involving medical trends.
Dr Pang Lai-sheung has proven that the rental, staff recruitment and resource
two can be merged successfully. After allocation. But she bit the bullet and Dr Pang thinks that human-centred
serving as a public hospital doctor, she achieved them step by step while service is the key to running clinics
set off on her entrepreneurial journey in staying committed to her original motive – one has to step into the shoes of
July 1997, launching her first medical – to help patients with professional patients and consumers to really
centre in Sau Mau Ping with her partner. medical ethics. understand their needs. It is also crucial
to be innovative, attract dedicated
It all began with an opportunity to work Patients’ interests the motivation medical professionals, adopt the latest
in a private community clinic and she for overcoming challenges medical developments and bring
found it very fulfilling to be able to know Unlike the public healthcare system, them to the community. The biggest
more about patients during consultation. private healthcare providers have motivation, says Dr Pang, is patients in
Today, Dr Pang is the Chief Medical to ensure they reach break-even the community returning to them.
Officer and cofounder of a Hong Kong- point as well as communicate
listed medical group which operates with pharmaceutical suppliers and Taking medical researches to
over 70 healthcare centres in Hong counterparts within the trade and so the community
Kong and the mainland. forth. They also have to collaborate with Private healthcare providers, according
social welfare organisations, university to Dr Pang, can be more flexible in
Setting up healthcare centres requires research centres, med-tech startups resource deployment therefore allowing
different skills and knowledge from and even insurance companies. All of doctors to work part-time if they need
those of being a medical doctor. So it these explain why it is important for to. At the same time, both doctors

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