Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing\u2019s charity will expand support for liver cancer patients by subsidising surgery fees for 200 patients over the next three years, enabling access to cutting-edge treatment at a cost of HK$50,000 (US$6,380).<\/p>\n
Announcing the initiative on Wednesday, the Li Ka Shing Foundation said eligible patients would be selected by three partnering private hospitals to undergo histotripsy surgery, which typically costs about HK$260,000 for Hong Kong identity card holders.<\/p>\n
Histotripsy is a non-invasive treatment that uses high-intensity ultrasound waves to precisely disrupt and liquefy targeted tumour cells without harming surrounding healthy tissue. Each session lasts about 15 to 25 minutes and is performed under general anaesthesia.<\/p>\n
Li donated histotripsy devices, each valued at US$3 million, to the city\u2019s two medical schools in 2024. The machines are now in use at private hospitals affiliated with the universities, including Gleneagles Hospital, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital and the CUHK Medical Centre.<\/p>\n
However, the foundation said Li had learned that some patients could not afford the treatment due to financial constraints.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr Li received letters from patients expressing deep regret that they would be unable to access this non-invasive histotripsy surgery due to lack of financial means and insurance coverage,\u201d the foundation said, as it published a rare photograph of the 97-year-old billionaire, long absent from public view, riding an electric mobility scooter.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn response to this dilemma, Mr Li has provisioned funding for histotripsy treatments in the coming phase of the \u2018Love Can Help\u2019 initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing\u2019s charity will expand support for liver cancer patients by subsidising surgery fees for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,159899,252216,84,392,252217,15674,252218,252219,34694,23290,252215,252220,252221],"class_list":["post-689568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cuhk-medical-centre","tag-gleneagles-hospital","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-histotripsy","tag-hong-kong","tag-hong-kong-sanatorium-and-hospital","tag-li-ka-shing-foundation","tag-li-ka-shing","tag-liver-cancer","tag-love-can-help","tag-mr-li","tag-sandwich-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}