Hong Kong Adult Blood Cancer Group Limited vs “CONCORDIA Tsat Sing Kong” Transitional Housing Project at Tsat Sing Kong, Pat Heung and Kam Tin, Yuen Long
Hong Kong Adult Blood Cancer Group, aiming at supporting patients and their families in overcoming leukemia or lymphoma through hard times of treatment, was set up by patients, family members, medical and nursing staff of the Prince of Wales Hospital in 1997. The Group is now serving all blood cancer patients in the territory.
Aims and Objectives
- to form a territory-wide peer support network and provide opportunities for patients to help themselves by helping one another
- to facilitate communication between patients and their families to cope with the stress of illness
- to increase patient’s awareness of the course of treatment and their side effects
- to draw the public’s attention to the care and needs of leukemia and lymphoma patients