Charity Diagnostic Imaging Support Services
慈善診斷影像支援服務

Provides support to eligible low-income patients by sponsoring one-off diagnostic imaging services, which include but are not limited to PET-CT scans, MRIs, CTs, etc.
支援合資格之低收入病人接受一次性診斷影像服務,包括但不限於正電子電腦掃描、磁力共振、電腦掃描等。

Beneficiaries Story Sharing
受惠個案分享


Ms. Chan (not her real name) is a single mother and new immigrant with two children under the age of 18. At the end of 2018, she began to experience frequent headaches and vomiting, which led her to seek medical help at a public hospital. She initially relied on painkillers prescribed by her doctor to ease her symptoms, only to discover later on after a CT scan that she had a tumor in her brain. Her next follow-up appointment was scheduled for 2020. As she waited, Ms. Chan’s pain continued to worsen. Even painkillers were unable to alleviate her pain and her daily life was greatly affected. Her financial circumstances did not allow her to seek treatment outside the public system, and she became increasingly worried that her tumor was growing and that her condition would reach a point of no return by the time her next check-up came around. Fortunately, Ms. Chan was referred to HKAHF and was able to undergo a brain MRI scan and consult with a neurosurgeon. To her relief, her condition had not deteriorated.

陳女士(化名)是新來港人士,也是一位單親媽媽,育有兩名未滿18歲的孩子。2018年底,她開始經常頭痛及嘔吐,於公立醫院求診,初時一直靠由醫生處方的止痛藥抑制痛楚;後經電腦掃瞄檢查發現腦內有腫瘤,惟預約下一次覆診的排期為2020年。在漫長的等候期間,陳女士覺得痛楚愈來愈嚴重,連止痛藥也無法緩解,嚴重影響日常生活。雖然擔心腫瘤日漸增大及擔心到下次覆診時已惡化至無藥可醫,但貧困的她實在無法負擔公立醫院以外的醫療費用,只好盡量休息及繼續服用止痛藥。後經慈善機構轉介,陳女士終獲基金安排於7月接受腦部磁力共振造影及腦外科專科醫生診治,猶幸病況並未惡化,令陳女士總算可放下心頭大石。

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