The Medical Council found Chu Kin-wah guilty of two counts of professional misconduct after gauze was left in a patient’s abdomen following a 2015 operation.
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The boy, who has a chronic illness, has developed severe pneumonia and myocarditis and is being treated in intensive care at Kwong Wah Hospital.
The technique has been used on three patients by August 21, but the team says it may not suit bilateral fractures or injuries more than two weeks old.
The new facilities bring outpatient, day-hospital and inpatient services together, but some functions are still completing their phased move.
Existing follow-up and assessment appointments will continue at the centres initially, while new and subsequent care is shifted to a wider district-based network.
The reports name paediatric radiologist Dr Carol Ng and Eastern Hospital vascular surgeon Dr Samuel Lo, while leaving the recognition’s exact name and Lo’s specific technique unstated.
He also proposed more sensitive monitoring indicators to protect outdoor workers as extreme weather becomes more frequent.
Former Observatory directors have questioned the Labour Department’s use of the Hong Kong Heat Index and called for black globe wet-bulb temperature data instead.
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