Bi~annual Sino Asia~Pacific Medical Forum &
Sino-Luso International Medical Forum (Series 34):
New Economic Power in the World - Medical Tourism
This exciting scientific symposium hosted over 400 medical experts from 20 countries. These include Australia, India, the Philippines, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Macau SAR, the USA, the United Kingdom, Romania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, St. Kitts and Nevis, Sudan, Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Libya, among others.
President of Forum, Prof. Manson Fok, comments, “We warmly welcome all our delegates back to the 2nd Sino Asia Pacific Medical Forum. Our theme is titled, ‘Building a Regional and International network in Promoting Healthcare and Skills.’ The purpose is to emphasize the importance of collaborations and to build long-term relationships with all out health stakeholders. This symposium will provide medical professionals with essential medical and surgical knowledge.”
Prof. Fok, who also serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), continues, “We have cordially invited renowned international medical experts as keynote speakers. I am sure we will pick up new ideas, innovative solutions and insights from other countries’ experiences. We have handpicked prominent speakers and carefully chosen their expertise in the areas of Endocrine Practices, Burns Surgery, OBGYN, Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Laparoscopic Surgery, Cell Regeneration and Medical Education. It is also a great opportunity to share experiences with our medical experts from all around the world.”
Prof. Fok adds, “We have many VIP guests attending these medical discussions. They include Gusi Peace Prize Chairman Ambassador Barry Gusi, Dr. Evelyn Gusi, the Health Minister of Romania, Hon. Nicolae Banicioiu, the current Secretary of Health of the Philippines, Dr Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial and the new PMA President, Dr Irineo Bernado III.”
Dr. Billy Chan, Vice President of Forum comments, “From the People’s Republic of China, there will be a strong team of medical professors from Peking University coming all the way from Beijing to attend this important event. The President of Peking University, Prof. Jiang Baoguo, will be presenting in the symposium about his involvements in China particularly in the area of Traffic Medicine. Prof. Jiang has been an expert in promoting advanced techniques and methods aimed at reducing the harm traffic crashes inflict on human beings for many years.”
In the past year the forum launched a special initiative between doctors in Macau and Cambodia. In February 2016, Prof. Fok and Dr. Billy Chan visited rural clinics in Cambodia and learned in particular about the plight women face in healthcare. In May, the Honorable Linda Yim, chair of the Union Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC), and the Honorable Cambodia Secretary of State for Industry Sokkung Heng, came to Macau and signed an MOU with the Faculty of Health Sciences at MUST regarding medical cooperation. While in Macau, Hon. Yim and Hon. Heng were welcomed by the Foreign Affairs Commissioner, the Honorable Ye Dabo.