Libby Lee to lead Hong Kong's Hospital Authority, steer medical reforms
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Authorities said on Wednesday that Lee, who previously served with the Hospital Authority's senior management, would take over the new role after current chief executive Tony Ko Pat-sing stepped down when his term ends on July 31.
Cecilia Fan Yuen-man, currently a consultant in family medicine at the Department of Health, will succeed Lee as the new undersecretary for health, working alongside the health minister Lo Chung-mau.
Lee had previously been with the public hospitals body before leaving in 2022 to join the Health Bureau.
Lee, an anaesthesiologist, first joined the executive team of the Hospital Authority in 2008, and in 2016 she became the body's director of strategy and planning.
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In her new role as head of the Hospital Authority, Lee will be expected to help address the long-standing issues faced by public hospitals, such as medical manpower shortages and patient safety blunders.
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