Lu Chongmao’s “warm reminder” for leaking the content of the government meeting, the director of the Western Medicine Union was suspended due to infighting
[Yahoo News Report]The government launched the “Pilot Plan for Co-management of Chronic Diseases”. Earlier, it held a meeting with the industry to explain the preliminary plan. A representative of the Hong Kong Western Medicine Union revealed the details of the plan to the media afterwards. It is understood that the trade union’s move has aroused the government’s attention. The director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, even personally called the union president, Liang Hon-fai, to remind him not to leak the content of the meeting, which made the union worry that its relationship with the government would be affected. Some board members drafted a statement apologizing to the government, and Leung suspended him from his duties as a board member. When receiving inquiries from Yahoo News, the Medical and Health Bureau reiterated that the details of the pilot plan will be announced in September. Since the implementation details are yet to be determined, the Bureau will ask stakeholders attending the meeting to keep relevant details and discussions confidential to avoid misleading information causing confusion among the citizens. Leung Hon Fai did not comment on the incident.
According to media reports, Peng Feizhou, the grassroots medical and health commissioner of the Medical and Health Bureau, and Zhang Weilin, the director of the Strategic Procurement Coordination Office, held a meeting with the private doctor industry at the end of last month to explain the initial plan of the “Pilot Program for Joint Management of Chronic Diseases”. The western medicine trade union was represented by the president Liang Hanhui and the vice president Zhang Yunjie. After the meeting, Zhang Yunjie quoted the preliminary plan information, including details such as participation qualifications and funding amount.
Official dinner postponed
It is reported that after the report was published, the Bureau was concerned that the content of the meeting was leaked. Lu Chongmao personally called Liang Hanhui, “warm reminder” not to leak the content of the government meeting. The western medicine trade union originally planned to have a dinner with Peng Feizhou and Li Xiayin, the deputy director of the Medical and Health Bureau at the end of this month. However, on the day the report about the incident was published, they were notified by the government that their itinerary had changed, and the dinner had to be postponed. After communication, the date was changed to early next month .
Dong Lei Haoran, the chairman of the association, said in an inquiry from Yahoo News that he was worried that the union representative would leak the content of the meeting, which would affect the relationship between the western medical union and the government. Otherwise, it will involve the integrity of the trade union.” He also pointed out that after receiving the above-mentioned notice from the bureau, the chairman Liang Hanhui continued to accept media interviews in the name of the trade union, criticizing the insufficient funding of the government plan, but he was worried about this matter without internal discussion or authorization by the trade union. It will destroy the future cooperation and exchanges between the government and the western medicine trade unions.
Other unnamed directors also pointed out that Liang Hanhui continued to discuss and criticize the details that have not been announced by the government afterwards, worrying about giving the government and the outside world the illusion that the Western Medical Union has a fixed position on the plan, or it may affect the image of the union and hinder the development of the union.
Suspended and prevented from publicly apologizing to board directors for not complying with the constitution
Lei Haoran drafted an apology statement last Monday (17th), apologizing to the government and all members of the western medical union on behalf of the directors, and opposed Liang and Zhang leaking the content of the meeting and expressing their personal positions in the name of the union. However, Lei Haoran was dismissed from the working group by Liang Hon-fai today, and was summoned to attend the regular meeting of the board of directors this Wednesday (26th) to discuss the removal of his qualifications as a director. The meeting did not decide whether to remove him, but Liang still suspends Lei’s appointment. position and remove it from the workgroup’s distribution group. Lei also pointed out that the chairman does not have the power to suspend the duties of the board members, but should be decided by the board members as a whole, questioning that this practice does not comply with the regulations of the board of directors. Lei said he would continue to monitor the situation and follow up.
The Medical and Health Bureau told “Yahoo News” that in order to promote the above-mentioned plan more effectively, the bureau has been actively introducing the details of the plan to different stakeholders such as the Legislative Council, the medical sector, and the social welfare sector, and listening to opinions from all walks of life on the implementation details of the plan. Including agreement service process, recruitment of family doctors, etc. As the details of the implementation are yet to be determined, the bureau requires the stakeholders involved in the meeting to keep the relevant details and discussions confidential, so as to avoid confusion among citizens caused by inaccurate information. The bureau also pointed out that it has always had a good relationship with various medical groups and maintains close contact. It values the opinions of the industry very much, and will carefully consider the opinions of medical groups and other circles when formulating implementation details.
First from the left (red circle): Leung Hon Fai, Chairman of Western Medicine Union (Photo source: Hong Kong Western Medicine Union website)
The first from the left (the person circled in red): Dong Lei Haoran, member of Western Medicine Union (photo source: Hong Kong Western Medicine Union website)
2023-07-30 06:37:10
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