Frequent visitors of this blog would know I am very skeptical to argument of this kind.
In fact, you could easily find some relevant figures on this area.
For example, there is one case of Gaucher's disease - the problem at hand - in around 40,000 population. In other words, for Hong Kong, there are roughly 200 patients.
And, the annual cost of treatment is HK$1.6 million. In other words, the total cost of treating all patients in Hong Kong is HK$320 million - close to 1% of the entire budget of the Hospital Authority, and over 60% of all money allocated for medical equipment upgrade of all public hospital.
I hear you ask the question: Is it worthwhile?
No, I would ask a more fundamental question: Is it affordable?
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