Two herbalist doctors from the Chinese mainland are now in Hong
Kong providing assistance on cure measures against SARS, spokesman
for the Hospital Authority said Sunday.
Two doctors from neighboring Guangdong province have joined cure
practice on SARS and obtained special experience in improving
treatment via traditional Chinese medicine.
They will attend seminars here on treatment, and later take part in
the treatment in local hospitals, the spokesman said.
Using Chinese medicines against SARS is right now a hot topic in
Hong Kong. Not all the herbal medicines used in the mainland can be
used here because of certain regulations.
In
light of the reports of effective treatment of herbal medicines,
there are suggestions that Hong Kong should borrow mainland
experiences of using herbal medicines. The Hospital Authority
decided last week to hand out instant Chinese medicine crystal
powder to the public hospitals' front-line medical staff to enable
them to guard against the SARS virus.
Officials for the Authority said mainland herbalists' coming to
Hong Kong is a "medical breakthrough," which will enhance the
cooperation in contain the virus.
The two herbalist doctors plan to stay for several weeks here.
(Xinhua News Agency May 4, 2003)