It also wants to make sure that residents with health issues receive follow-up care.
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has launched a community screening programme to get more senior citizens checked for chronic diseases and cancers.
It's a one-stop $2 a pop facility that takes about an hour to test for conditions like obesity, high blood pressure, cervical as well as colorectal cancer.
The idea is to persuade those who're put off by the potential costs and inconvenience to make the effort to go for health screening.
The programme was piloted at Whampoa today and will make its way to 87 locations over the next three years.
Anyone who needs treatment will be followed up by family doctors, under a new General Practitioner (GP) Network. It alerts family doctors of any abnormalities detected during the health screening.
Residents may list their own GP, or be paired with a clinic under the network.
So far, nine GP clinics have signed up under the Whampoa network.
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