The care home transferred him to clerical duties after learning of his conviction; the Social Welfare Department later found failures over staff roles and qualifications.
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The method may suit most patients, but Queen Mary’s urology department can currently schedule only one session a week.
The association says local graduates face fewer opportunities, while Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau says the Hospital Authority has more than 3,000 nursing vacancies.
Its family medicine centre opens first, while specialist care, support services and transport links are introduced on different timetables.
About 2,500 of roughly 4,000 nursing graduates applied to the authority, while 99% of assessed registered-nurse applicants were hired.
Separately, the policy address sets a five-year target to halve waiting times for stable new patients in designated specialist services, including psychiatry.
The action followed Hong Kong’s third reported rat hepatitis E case this year, but investigators have not identified the infection source.
The 2,400-bed hospital is due to open in October, while Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s site takes on a planned day-care role.
The authority says about 3,000 nursing posts remain vacant, while its latest figures show hiring and turnover among nurses.
A patient who needed a soft meal choked and died after being given normal or solid food, with a similar case reported at Caritas Medical Centre last year.
Consumer Council testing of 24 products found sensitiser levels within cited limits, but warned that one sample could irritate skin.
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