Macao Union Medical Center expands specialist outpatient access: The hospital broadened its tier 2 specialist outpatient services to cover Hengqin residents with household registration and residence permit holders in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone, effective immediately, with Macao residents getting a 30% discount and others charged at the tier 2 standard. Robotic surgery milestone in Macao: The same center completed Macao’s first robotic-assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, using a Mako orthopedic robot system with CT-based 3D planning for minimally invasive, precise joint replacement. Food safety alert in Macao: The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) found excessive lead in a loose-packed egg noodle product for frying from “Oficina de Massas San Tong Heng,” ordered the business to stop selling/producing/supplying the affected item, and required process reorganisation and re-testing. Healthy weight push: Community leaders backed the Health Bureau’s weight-loss challenge and urged a long-term plan, including mapping walking hotspots, adding “healthy walking stations,” and using Macao One Account tools to support sustained activity. Cross-border Chinese medicine collaboration: Hong Kong launched an inaugural Global Summit on Chinese Medicine and Integrative Medicine to bring together local, Mainland and international experts and strengthen medical collaboration. Insurance upgrade for cross-border care: Cigna Healthcare Hong Kong enhanced its VHIS Flexi Plan (Superior) with broader regional coverage and recovery support amid rising out-of-pocket costs and more outbound travel.