The planned service will focus on seriously ill patients who need close monitoring, supervision or combined Chinese and Western medical assessment and treatment.
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Authorities said no embryo was mistakenly implanted, but found inadequate sample safeguards and a failure to report the incident within 24 hours.
Seven people developed gastrointestinal and fever symptoms after eating at The Astor on August 29 or 30; four sought medical treatment and none required hospitalisation.
The Architectural Services Department is targeting completion of the remaining works in the fourth quarter of 2026, while Roundtable member Michael Tien is calling for handover by October.
Cathy and Curtis brought forward their solemnisation ceremony so Cathy’s mother, who has late-stage cancer and needs oxygen, could witness it from her hospital bed.
The Food Safety Centre has told the importer to stop selling, remove and recall the affected June 2026 batch, while all Vietnamese eggs must now be detained for testing before release.
Authorities said no injection labelled WT1 was found and there was no confirmed record that anyone had received the alleged cancer-prevention product.
The seized products were described as vitamin-based health injections, while the allegedly promoted WT1 product remains under investigation and has not been found.
The child, who has a chronic illness, is being treated in the paediatric intensive care unit at Queen Mary Hospital.
Activity reached or slightly passed a peak in August, but health officials say it is too early to estimate how long the period of heightened activity will last.
The Department of Health says WT1 is not a registered pharmaceutical product in Hong Kong and has referred the case to regulators and enforcement bodies.
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