Macau has a universally accessible single-payer system funded by taxes collected by the government from corporations and residents.
Macau is served by one major public hospital, theHospital Conde S. Januário, and one major private hospital, theKiang Wu Hospital, both located inMacau Peninsula, as well as a university-associated hospital calledMacau University of Science and Technology Hospital inCotai and a minor private hospital, theMacau Yinkui Hospital on the Macau Peninsula. Currently none of the Macau hospitals haveinternational healthcare accreditation.
In addition to hospitals, Macau also has numerous health centres providing free basic medical care to residents. Consultation intraditional Chinese medicine is also available.[1] Currently none of the Macau hospitals is independently assessed throughinternational healthcare accreditation.
TheMacau University of Science and Technology started a medical school in Macau in September 2019 for its MBBS program.[2] The second batch of students started their classes on 21 September 2020.[3] Clinical training of medical students will start from third year of medical training in the university hospital associated with the university. The medical school has been listed in the world directory of medical schools.[4] Medium of instruction in the medical school is English. Most of the students are from Macau. The duration of MBBS course is 5 years with an additional year for internship.
Local nurses are trained at theMacao Polytechnic University and theKiang Wu Nursing College of Macau.[5][6] Currently there are no training courses inmidwifery in Macau.
