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dled there. medicine should be complementary.
“Traditionally, a Chinese medi- Also, they should respect each other,”
cine hospital should not have opera- he says.
tion rooms. If you need to stay in the Lin says it is neces-
[Chinese medicine] hospital, you are sary to resort to
purely receiving Chinese medicinal Western medicine
treatment, instead of being intervened practitioners in
by Western doctors,” he says. times of emer-
Lee believes the establishment of gency. They can In terms of med-
the Chinese medicine hospital carries carry out blood
a symbolic meaning for the whole in- tests, X-ray ex- ical techniques,
dustry. It reflects that the government aminations and pre-
recognises the significance of Chinese Lin Zhixiu scription of Western the relationship
medicine. Historically, the first hospi- medications.
tal in Hong Kong, which was operated In general, Lin is optimistic about of Chinese and
by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals the establishment of the Chinese Western medi-
150 years ago, was also a Chinese medicine hospital. “It can enhance the
medicine hospital. overall remuneration level of the sec- cine should be
Rather than advocating exclusive tor. As the Chinese medicine hospital
use of Chinese medicine in the new is the leader in clinical research in complementary
Chinese medicine hospital, Professor Hong Kong, hopefully it can raise the
Lin Zhixiu, Associate Director at the professional standard of the industry,”
School of Chinese Medicine at the he says.
Chinese University of Hong Kong
(CUHK), holds a different view. “In
terms of medical techniques, the re-
lationship of Chinese and Western
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The School of Chinese Medicine at CUHK houses a wide collection of books on the use of Chinese medicine