Healthcare Guides
Practical, sourced guides to getting care — in Hong Kong's public system and across the border in the Greater Bay Area. Every guide dates its figures and cites where they come from.
Hong Kong
- How to Verify a Doctor's Registration in Hong KongHow to check whether a doctor is registered with the Medical Council of Hong Kong, what the General and Specialist Registers mean, and how to search them yourself for free.
- Free Government Health Checks in Hong Kong: What's Actually FreeWhich Hong Kong government health-check services are genuinely free, and which carry a subsidised fee — with the exact current charges for Elderly Health Centres and the Student Health Service.
- How to Book an Appointment at a Government Clinic in Hong KongHow to book a Family Medicine Clinic (General Out-patient) or Specialist Out-patient Clinic appointment with the Hospital Authority — the telephone system, the HA Go app, referral letters, and triage waiting times.
Greater Bay Area
- Healthcare in the Greater Bay Area for Hong Kong ResidentsThree real, currently-running arrangements that let Hong Kong residents use healthcare in the Mainland Greater Bay Area — HKU-Shenzhen Hospital, the Elderly Health Care Voucher's GBA pilot, and the Hong Kong and Macao Drug and Medical Device Connect — each explained with an official source.
- 10 Things to Know Before You Go North for TreatmentA practical, guardian-style checklist for Hong Kong residents considering healthcare in the Mainland Greater Bay Area — what to verify first, how payment and booking usually work, and what continuity of care actually requires.
- Checking a Mainland Healthcare Provider Before You GoHow ok.med verifies Hong Kong doctors, and how to apply the same credential-first thinking — institution licence, doctor qualification, itemised pricing — to a healthcare provider in the Mainland Greater Bay Area.
- Greater Bay Area Hospital DirectoryA structured directory of 10 real, named Greater Bay Area hospitals Hong Kong residents ask about — grade/tier, specialty strengths, HK-relevant services, reference price status and HK voucher usage, each checked against a live official source.
- Hong Kong Health Insurance and Greater Bay Area Treatment: What's Really CoveredWhich Hong Kong insurers actually offer Greater Bay Area cross-border coverage — FWD, AXA and Blue Cross confirmed live, others checked and found nothing — plus how a Mainland outpatient claim works and a Hospital Authority scheme beyond the voucher pilot.
- Shenzhen Hospitals & Health Check-Ups: A Guide for Hong Kong ResidentsReal, verified facts on four Shenzhen hospitals Hong Kong residents search for most — HKU-Shenzhen Hospital's health-screening service, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, and Luohu Hospital — each checked against a live official source, with what could and couldn't be verified stated plainly.
- Dental Care in Shenzhen: Four Chains Compared for Hong Kong ResidentsWhat's real about four Shenzhen dental chains Hong Kong residents ask about — 愛康健 (CKJ), 麥芽口腔 (Maiya), 維港口腔 (Victoria Harbour) and 格倫菲爾口腔 (Glenfield): which is actually part of the Elderly Health Care Voucher GBA pilot, what each publishes as its own prices, and where a claim couldn't be confirmed — every figure cited from an official or the clinic's own source.
- Women's Health & Maternity Care in Shenzhen: A Guide for Hong Kong ResidentsWhat's real about 深圳市婦幼保健院 (Shenzhen Maternal and Child Health Hospital): its actual grade, departments and campuses, how 福田婦幼保健院 is a separate district hospital despite the similar name, and whether a Hong Kong healthcare voucher applies — every figure cited from an official source.
- Guangzhou Healthcare: A Smaller Second GBA Option for Hong Kong ResidentsGuangzhou is a real but smaller Greater Bay Area healthcare option than Shenzhen. Four real, named institutions, each verified from its own official site.