Health service bureaucracy has gone too far says head of Hong Kong’s oldest medical school, as he questions whether red tape is doing anything to help patients

The head of Hong Kong’s oldest medical school has said the Hospital Authority is too bureaucratic and questioned whether extra meetings truly benefit patients. In a rare display of public disagreement, Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of the University of Hong Kong’s faculty of medicine and a former undersecretary for food and health, criticised health bosses for the amount of red tape in the sector. Leung made his comments on Monday as doctors and nurses lamented their heavy workload...