The Nam Long Hospital of Hong Kong is to be converted into Hog Kong’s first and only cancer rehabilitation center. The project is expected to be completed by the end of year 2007.

“After the renovation, the Nam Long Hospital will be renamed and converted into a cancer rehabilitation centre to provide a full range of comprehensive rehabilitation services for patients in various stages of cancer” as stated by Anti-Cancer Society Chairman Dr Ko Wing-man. Dr, Ko also mentioned that the city’s first dedicated to caring for terminally ill cancer patients – was built in 1967. However, since every hospital cluster now has hospice-care services, the need for such a centralized care facility has lessened.