As early as 1950, the Legislative Council set up the Samaritan Fund to provide financial assistance to needy patients to meet the costs of "self-financed medical items" or new technologies that are required in the course of medical treatment but are not provided at the standard fees and charges of public hospitals and clinics, in view of the fact that the grassroots are unable to afford the costs of medicines, medical supplies and even surgeries due to lack of means.

現時撒瑪利亞基金主要涵蓋的醫療項目如下圖所示：

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除了上述醫療項目，基金亦會資助一些不在政府資助下的藥物，詳細可參閱此網頁，內在詳細資助藥物名單。

https://www.ha.org.hk/haho/ho/sf/SF_Items_TC.pdf

Application Methods:

申請人必須在主診醫生／醫護人員轉介。

因基金設立予有醫療需要而有經濟困難的病人，故申請基金需要醫生評估及經濟審查。有需要的病人或照顧者可以向醫院內的醫務社工查詢詳情。

申請須知：

由於處理申請需時，病人／申請人必須在主診醫生／醫護人員轉介申請後盡快聯絡所屬醫院／診所之醫務社工辦理有關申請手續。在一般情況下，病人／申請人需於療程開始日期兩星期前遞交已填妥的申請表格及全部申請所需資料／文件，以預留足夠時間處理及批核申請。若病人／申請人未能在主診醫生／醫護人員轉介日期起計三十日內遞交已填妥的申請表格及全部申請所需資料／文件，申請將被自動取消。

If you would like to know more about the program or have any questions, please contact your local social worker or leave a message to us at Sunyu Academy and we will try our best to answer your questions.

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