Medical watchdog reforms not cure-all for complaints backlog, says doctors’ group chief Gabriel Choi

A lack of experienced doctors available to investigate medical complaints means the professional watchdog responsible for policing 14,000 local practitioners would still be unable to handle the backlog, according to a veteran Medical Association leader. With 770 cases still under investigation, Dr Gabriel Choi Kin, the Hong Kong Medical Association president and a former chairman of the council’s preliminary investigation committee, doubts whether these cases could be cleared in a year,...