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1981 |
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- First batch of medical undergraduate (60 students) admitted
- Construction work of Choh Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building completed
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1983 |
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- Clinical teaching began at the United Christian Hospital, with some classes also held in the University's main campus and the Kowloon Hospital.
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1984 |
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- Prince of Wales Hospital opened and most of the clinical teaching moved to this hospital
- Established Hong Kong's first Physical Medicine Unit
- Pioneered toe-hand transplantation in Hong Kong
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1985 |
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- Established the Bone Bank
- Established Hong Kong's first Sports Injury Clinic (within the Hong Kong Sports Institute)
- Pioneered arthroscopy treatment programme in Sports Medicine
- Established Assisted Human Reproduction Unit
- Established Metabolic Investigation Unit and Geriatric Day Hospital
- Pioneered endoscopic treatment programme
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1986 |
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- Conferred the first batch of students with MB ChB degree
- First Doctorate Soctorate Degree in Medicine (MD)
- Pathology Laboratories computerized
- Pioneered "The Hong Kong Flap" for treating cholesteatoma
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1987 |
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- General Medical Council (GMC) recommended provisional and full registration following its accreditation visit
- Enabled Hong Kong's first birth via Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (GIFT)
- Introduced first myo-electric upper limb prosthesis
- Established Hong Kong's first Myo-electric Clinic
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1988 |
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- Established Centre for Clinical Trails and Epidemiological Research
- Established cryopreservation of human embryo in Assisted Human Reproduction Unit
- Developed cardiac service (to support open heart surgery)
- Developed comprehensive diagnostic virology service
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1989 |
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- Introduced Intercalated Bachelor of Medical Sciences Degree
- Implanted a bone conductor hearing aid
- Pioneered limb-salvage with allograft in musculoskeletal tumour treatment
- Identified non-random specific deletions of genetic material in chromosome 3 (1989) and chromosome 9 (1994) in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Established Hong Kong's first Cleft-lip and Cleft palate Clinic
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