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Hong Kong health-tech start-ups innovate with digital wearables for ageing population
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Eric Ng
Published: 10:30am, 3 Nov 2024
Updated: 12:39pm, 3 Nov 2024
An ageing population and the rapid advancement of digital technology have given Hong Kong health and medical technology start-ups ample opportunities to develop wearable devices that help with disease diagnosis and in-home rehabilitation
Some, such as Well Being Digital (WBD), are also taking advantage of a 2021 regulatory move that allows drugs and medical devices used in Hong Kong public hospitals to be deployed in designated mainland healthcare institutions in the Greater Bay Area without further mainland approval.
Comprising Hong Kong, Macau and nine southern Guangdong cities, the bay area has a population of 86 million that is ageing rapidly. For example, the proportion of Hong Kong people aged 65 and over will rise to 36 per cent in 2046 from 20.5 per cent in 2021, according to government projections
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