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Emergency services and ward demand caused by protest crisis contributed to strain on Hong Kong’s public hospitals, outgoing authority chief says

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Hong Kong’s strained public hospitals are facing extra workload brought on by those injured amid the months-long protest crisis, the outgoing chairman of the Hospital Authority has said.Professor John Leong Chi-yan made the comments on Wednesday as the anti-government movement, sparked by the now-withdrawn extradition bill, enters its sixth month.“The approaching winter peak season, coupled with this situation, would be problematic,” he said.Leong will step down as authority chairman at the end…

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