Hong Kong’s first national-accredited chest pain centre has nearly halved the waiting time for patients with acute cardiovascular conditions since its launch a year ago.
The Chest Pain Centre, led by Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, also looked into further streamlining the process through facilities at the public institution’s new clinical complex and the use of emerging technology.
The hospital said that since the centre began operating in November last year, it had taken a median of 53…