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Hong Kong doctor Wong Cheuk-yi found guilty of professional misconduct over death of elderly cancer patient Wang Keng-kao at Kowloon Hospital

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A Hong Kong doctor was found guilty on Wednesday of two charges of professional misconduct after a 73-year-old cancer patient in his care died when a breathing hole in his throat was blocked by gauze. The Medical Council ruled that Dr Wong Cheuk-yi, who treated Wang Keng-kao from October to November 2011 in Kowloon Hospital, was guilty of two of the three charges he faced. The council determined that Wong, failed to take proper steps to prevent the permanent tracheostoma – which is a...

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