Family of elderly man who died in Hong Kong hospital blunder case accuses...
The family of an 83-year-old patient who died due to a medical blunder at Queen Mary Hospital has accused the institution of covering up mistakes of medics, after revealing two more errors which were...
View ArticleUniversity of Hong Kong medical school to revamp training programme for its...
Hong Kong’s most prominent medical school will revamp its training programme for medical students to give them more comprehensive training not only in public wards, but also for the first time in a new...
View ArticleHabitat restoration planned to bring back glow of Hong Kong’s fireflies
Every day from May to September when the sun dips below the horizon, dozens of fluorescent green flickering dots slowly emerge from a river bank in the New Territories. Three years ago along the same...
View ArticleHong Kong ranks 7th in mental health study, scoring lower than its Asian...
Hong Kong lagged behind its Asian neighbours in mental health policies, according to a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit which looked at mental health integration in 15 Asian-Pacific...
View ArticleHong Kong wakes up to chilliest temperatures since March
Hongkongers woke to a rainy and unusually chilly morning Tuesday, with the city experiencing its lowest temperatures since March. Readings across Hong Kong stood at between 17 and 24 degrees at 9am...
View ArticleMicrobeads omitted from ingredient label in half of beauty products in major...
About half the products sampled from five major Hong Kong cosmetic retailers do not have proper labels indicating they contain microplastics, a huge source of marine pollution, a study has found. Such...
View ArticlePhilippines to bring in ban on Hong Kong domestic helpers cleaning windows
The Philippines consulate will effectively ban window cleaning by domestic helpers arriving in Hong Kong from the country, after several helpers plunged to their deaths from the city’s high-rises over...
View ArticleNew scheme to allow Hong Kong patients with incompatible kin to swap organ...
A pair exchange scheme for organ donation is expected to launch in the city in the second half of next year the soonest. The arrangement will allow two potential recipients who have incompatible kin to...
View ArticleSupermarket chains sell threatened marine species, WWF Hong Kong claims
All major supermarket chains in the city have sold threatened marine species, according to a study by WWF Hong Kong. Nine groups, including Dairy Farm that runs Wellcome and more upmarket Jasons and...
View ArticleHospitals that treat Hong Kong’s poorest could get more money under revised...
Public hospitals in districts with more nursing homes and poorer residents could get extra money under a revised system of allocating resources. Hospital Authority officials said the aim was to achieve...
View ArticleDoctors urge heart donation for seriously ailing 10-year-old Hong Kong boy
Doctors of a 10-year-old patient at Queen Mary Hospital have appealed to the public for a heart donation as the boy is suffering life-threatening heart failure and urgently needs a transplant within...
View ArticleWhy Hongkongers should donate organs and how they can help
It is commonly known that the rate for organ donations in Hong Kong is shockingly low. There were only 5.8 donors for every one million residents last year, down slightly from 6.1 in 2013 – placing...
View ArticleHong Kong patient identity bracelets sent to landfill by mistake
Two hospitals in Wan Chai might have leaked personal data of 114 discharged patients after sending their identification bracelets to a landfill instead of following proper procedures in handling...
View ArticleFormer Hong Kong actress-turned-activist scores conservation win for...
Former Hong Kong film actress-turned-conservationist Sharon Kwok Sau-wan has declared victory after successfully pushing for pangolins to be placed on a most endangered species list at a global...
View ArticleHong Kong airlines issue immediate ban on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 from all flights
Local airlines HK Express, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair and Hong Kong Airlines have banned the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 from all flights with immediate effect. Earlier this week, Samsung ended production of...
View ArticleOpen day at new Hong Kong MTR station, the city’s biggest, proves a test of...
Commuters expecting better accessibility when the new Ho Man Tin MTR station opens on October 23 complained they would still face problems as they inspected facilities for the first time at an open day...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors to be trained up as city faces shortage of clinical...
Demand for medical services in clinical genetics has seen a threefold increase over the past six years, prompting a top medical body to design added training programmes for Hong Kong’s doctors. Dr...
View ArticleHong Kong woman begs for a liver donor to save husband who is days away from...
The wife of a retired school principal appealed to the public on Saturday for a liver donation to save her husband, who may have only two weeks to live. Wu Man-ming, 60, former head of SKH Holy Trinity...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory ready to issue standby signal No 1 for Typhoon Sarika
The Hong Kong Observatory will consider issuing standby signal No 1 on Sunday night as Typhoon Sarika approaches. The Observatory said Sarika was moving across the South China Sea and expected it to...
View ArticleHong Kong blind community calls for louder noise from electric cars to...
The silent nature of electric cars may improve quality of life, but Hong Kong’s blind community has demanded the city’s e-vehicles emit a louder noise, claiming their quietness threatens the safety of...
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