李衍茜女士荣获香港人道年奖2021
Ms. Winsome H.S. Lee, Body Donation Officer, School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was awarded the Hong Kong Humanity Award 2021 as one of the six awardees, in recognition of her dedication and outstanding contribution to humanitarian work.
In 2014, Winsome started working as a forensic anthropologist to handle unclaimed or buried bones in places that experienced wars or natural disasters to help find their identities. In July 2020, she joined SBS as Body Donation Officer to take care of the “Silent Teacher” Body Donation Programme for training of medical students in the Faculty of Medicine.
Hong Kong Humanity Award was launched in 2007 and is organised jointly by the Hong Kong Red Cross and Radio Television Hong Kong. This is the very first award of its kind in Hong Kong which aims to give tribute to individuals in society who exemplify the spirit of humanity by putting it into practice.
The corresponding coverage by Hong Kong Red Cross can be viewed HERE, and her sharing can be viewed HERE.
香港中文大學(中大)醫學院生物醫學學院(學院)遺體捐贈主任李衍蒨女士榮獲香港人道年獎2021,成為六位得獎者中之一,以表揚她對人道工作的付出及傑出貢獻。
李衍蒨女士自2014起以法醫人類學家的身分到訪曾經發生戰亂或自然災害的地區,協助處理無人認領或埋在亂葬崗中的骸骨,幫助尋回他們身份。於2020年7月,她加入本學院擔任遺體捐贈主任,負責培訓醫學院醫學生的無言老師遺體捐贈計劃。
香港人道年獎於2007年成立,由香港紅十字會及香港電台合辦,為本港首個倡導人道精神的獎項,每年在社會上選出以實際行動充分體現人道精神的人士以作表彰。