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2011-03-21

Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital First Awarded as Caring Company and The 3rd "Walk for Vision" Raises Over HK$400,000 for New Voice Club

Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (HKSH) was awarded Caring Company logo in March 2011 for the first time. Organized for the third time by the Village Volunteers of Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, with charity sales this year's "Walk for Vision" raised over HK$429,500 for the "Breaking through the Barriers to Regain a New Voice" programme of the New Voice Club of Hong Kong. The programme sponsors the purchase of speech aids for laryngectomees to help them regain their voices and reintegrate into the community.

HKSH First Awarded Caring Company Logo
HKSH was awarded Caring Company Logo for the first time in March 2011. Advocated by The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, the Caring Company Scheme is committed to building a cohesive society by promoting strategic partnership among businesses and social service partners and inspiring corporate social responsibility through caring for the community, employees and the environment.

In strict adherence to the motto "Quality in Service Excellence in Care", HKSH always strives for the best services for the public with advanced medical technology and professional expertise. The Hospital also shows its care about the community with unsparing support for wide-ranging community services and charities. Since 2002, HKSH has been an active supporter of wide-ranging charity activities, among them are the Oxfam Trailwalker, the Community Chest, the World Heart Day, the Operation Santa Claus (a yearly charitable event co-organized by the South China Morning Post and RTHK), and the Pink Ball of the Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry, etc. In recent years, the Hospital has been encouraging its staff members to take part in voluntary services after work. Village Volunteers was established in April 2009 with an aim to support and serve the disadvantaged in the community.

A social prestige in itself, the Caring Company Logo serves as a recognition for the Hospital's contribution to community services. Just like its resolute commitment to quality medical services, HKSH's enthusiasm for community wellbeing will always light the way for the Hospital in future.

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