Octopus bite among 3,960 cases of poisoning in Hong Kong, as city records...
A woman bitten by an octopus, a child who ate rat poison, and an elderly man who drank drain cleaner were just three of the 3,960 cases of poisoning in Hong Kong last year, according to authorities.The...
View ArticleBitter pill for medical sector: Hong Kong needs 11,000 more doctors to meet...
Hong Kong needs nearly 11,000 more doctors to bring its public health services in line with international standards, according to a local think that has intensified the debate over recruiting foreign...
View ArticleMainland China property developer aims to lure wealthy elderly residents from...
Instead of spending one’s twilight years in densely packed Hong Kong, the city’s more well-off elderly residents could look to retiring across the border in the “Greater Bay Area”, a developer has...
View ArticleMedical Council chief calls for open vote on foreign-trained doctors amid...
The head of Hong Kong’s medical watchdog has called for an open ballot system in an upcoming vote on proposals to relax requirements on foreign-trained doctors as a way to solve the crippling staff...
View ArticleAdvanced air purifying and ozone injected into flushing water among the...
Public toilets in Hong Kong tourist spots are to be made “hi-tech” and will be part of a pilot run that aims to overhaul conditions in the city’s public conveniences and improve their tarnished...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors set for crunch meeting in preparation for second push to...
Hong Kong’s major professional doctors’ groups will meet on Friday night to choose from several options as part of a second attempt to push through plans to lure more foreign physicians for struggling...
View ArticleCrushing creativity: photographer turns focus on Hong Kong’s tiger mums in...
Dutch photographer Saskia Wesseling is no stranger to achieving the right balance in her craft – but, lately, she has been searching for a different kind of balance.For the past year, she has been...
View ArticleHong Kong NGO Dialogue in the Dark is changing the game to help young Chinese...
At the age of 18, on the cusp of what he hoped would be a dazzling future, Raymond Sun Jingrui was stricken with blindness and found his life suddenly changed.“It was like falling from the sky down to...
View ArticleHong Kong forecasters warn worse weather is on the way next week after...
Hong Kong endured a third straight day of wet and miserable conditions on Saturday, with the weekend set to be a washout, as forecasters warned worse weather was on the way next week.The Hong Kong...
View ArticlePressure piled on Hong Kong’s Medical Council over need for foreign doctors,...
Pressure was piling on Hong Kong’s doctors’ licensing authority on Saturday to address a chronic manpower shortage at public hospitals, with lawmakers across the political spectrum calling on officials...
View ArticleErectile dysfunction: how you can still have a happy sex life and why men...
When a man suffers erectile dysfunction (ED), it is easy to jump to conclusions and focus on his inadequacies, rather than consider the distress his partner can experience.Partners of ED sufferers tend...
View ArticleHong Kong environmental protection pioneer tells of 30-year campaign, and how...
Chuckling while straightening a tie decorated with polar bears, Professor Ho Kin-chung recalls his first Antarctic expedition – which nearly killed him and Hong Kong’s current financial chief.It was...
View ArticlePoor diets, both among the overindulged and malnourished, kill more people...
The British medical journal The Lancet last week resumed its war on “Big Food” with a report that estimates poor diets causing one in five deaths worldwide, significantly more than tobacco and...
View ArticleIs internship scheme for foreign-trained doctors killing careers and adding...
Three doctors trained overseas and working in Hong Kong’s public hospitals have urged authorities to scrap a controversial internship that requires them to do basic chores such as drawing patients’...
View ArticleThink twice before using kitchen paper towels? Alarming bacteria count found...
One of the most common items in every Hong Kong kitchen can be a breeding ground for bacteria with a risk of transmission to cooked food, according to results of tests revealed by the Consumer Council...
View ArticleHong Kong sashimi lovers beware: watchdog finds excessive mercury levels in...
Hongkongers who love their tuna sashimi have been urged by the city’s consumer watchdog to be careful about mercury content after a study found alarming levels of the heavy metal in samples of the raw...
View ArticleOverseas-trained doctor proposals by lawmakers could cause dissent among Hong...
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has cautioned against controversial proposals from two lawmakers that seek to make it easier for overseas-trained doctors to practise in the city,...
View ArticleHong Kong’s chief auditor scolds environmental watchdog for ‘inadequate...
Hong Kong’s chief auditor said Wednesday that nearly half of all government-funded environmental projects took more than four years to complete, exposing inadequate supervision by the city’s...
View ArticleNew mosquito trap from Netherlands will combat rise of dengue fever in Hong...
A new mosquito trap targeting larvae and the adult insects is to be introduced by the environmental hygiene authorities to help curb the growth of the pest in Hong Kong.The new device, which is from...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors support exempting foreign-trained professionals from...
Hong Kong’s largest doctors’ group on Friday threw its weight behind a new proposal to exempt foreign-trained doctors from an internship requirement, paving the way for the proposal to pass in an...
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