Three Objectives

The Vascular and Interventional Radiology Foundation is intent on furthering VIR development in Asia, for which it has set three realistic goals:

1. To establish and maintain a VIR research and training center in Hong Kong

2. To organize VIR training courses and hands-on workshops in Hong Kong

3. To organize an annual international VIR conference in Hong Kong

Training

Worldwide, VIR procedures are essentially developed and performed by a group of doctors called interventional radiologists, who have acquired the highly specialized technical skills required for safe and effective performance of VIR procedures. The slightest error can be fatal.

Hong Kong has a limited number of interventional radiologists. They sometimes work through the night to ensure no patient is deprived of VIR treatment.

Unlike developed countries in the West, Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries have no specialized center for VIR training and research. Presently our doctors have to go abroad for short, expensive and infrequent courses.

It is literally vital to have more doctors competent in VIR therapy. For the vast number of patients, it will mean new hope, minimized physical suffering, and a prolonged life of high quality. Fast recovery and improved wellbeing of patients following VIR procedures imply a profound reduction in aftercare costs as well as much lighter burdens on family and society. A community of individuals and families freed from the debilitating effect of disease will be one of vitality and productivity.