Patient forced to undergo open heart surgery after broken wire left in artery...
A 60-year-old man had to go through open heart surgery after a broken wire left in his artery from a procedure about two weeks earlier was found to be “longer than estimated”, Hong Kong’s Hospital...
View ArticleOcean Park’s six-year-old dolphin Cleo dies of unknown illness, as park...
Ocean Park’s six-year-old dolphin, Cleo, died on Sunday of unknown health problems that lasted more than a week, the park announced.The female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin had no health problems...
View ArticleNoisy performers in Hong Kong’s public parks face higher fines, risk being...
Performers who repeatedly cause noise nuisance could be blacklisted and retired police officers hired to step up enforcement under a raft of measures officials revealed on Monday to minimise the...
View ArticleHong Kong doctors make more concessions in bid to recruit foreign-trained...
Hong Kong’s doctors have made further concessions in the dispute over how much to lower certification requirements to attract overseas-trained doctors and ease the chronic shortage of specialists in...
View ArticleTwo-hour grace period for Hong Kong employees to return to work after extreme...
Hong Kong’s 3.8 million workers will be able to stay at home for two hours after a storm subsides instead of returning to work immediately, under government proposals to avoid a repeat of the transport...
View ArticleHong Kong wildlife officers among thousands forced to cancel trip to Sri...
Four Hong Kong wildlife officers were among thousands of people from more than 180 countries forced to cancel or push back a trip to the world’s largest conference on endangered species, after...
View ArticleGreenpeace blasts Hong Kong government over new air quality objectives,...
An environmental group has said the government must further tighten its air quality benchmarks set to go into effect next year if it wants to prevent an estimated 2,000 deaths and HK$80 million in...
View ArticleCan a pre-lease of 20,000 public columbarium niches address Hong Kong’s grim...
Hong Kong will hold its first ever pre-lease of niches this month, with more than 20,000 urn spaces open for application at two new public columbariums, officials said on Thursday.“We hope to ensure a...
View ArticleHong Kong experiences another ‘exceptionally warm’ month in April with...
Temperatures in April were among the warmest on record in Hong Kong for the month, according to forecasters.In yet another “exceptionally warm” month, the mean maximum temperature hit 27.2 degrees...
View ArticleIs ‘forest bathing’ a way to escape Hong Kong’s stifling city buzz and truly...
A howl breaks the silence surrounding the High Island Reservoir in Sai Kung. It is not by any wild animal though, but by Jasmine Nunns, a forest therapy guide, calling to her participants – or “forest...
View ArticleCloudy skies and wet weather set to dampen hopes of Hong Kong stargazers...
Stargazing Hongkongers’ hopes of watching cosmic fireworks on Monday night could be washed away as wet weather is forecast for the early part of the week.The Hong Kong Observatory said there would be...
View ArticleBlood samples to identify sex of babies are being hidden in toys and food and...
An underground trade in Hong Kong involving the smuggling of blood samples from across the border to identify the sex of unborn babies is thriving, the Post has found, with online agents for such...
View ArticleNew trust for Hongkongers with special needs receives lukewarm response with...
A public trust for Hongkongers with special needs, which has been criticised for its high entrance threshold, has received a lukewarm response a month after its launch with only four applications.The...
View ArticleMedical Council member says look to Singapore as a solution for Hong Kong’s...
Hong Kong should look to Singapore as a model for how foreign-trained doctors are allowed to practise without being subjected to unreasonable criteria, a member of the city’s medical watchdog said on...
View ArticleChinese University scholars unveil gadgets set to ease Hongkongers’ Greater...
Hongkongers could soon be able to avoid harmful pollutants and have their health monitored constantly while living and working in mainland China, local scholars said as they unveiled new gadgets for...
View ArticleWill Hong Kong’s Medical Council get it right during second vote on overseas...
Intense lobbying by various interest groups in Hong Kong’s doctor-licensing body is under way as its members will meet on Wednesday to vote for a second time on ways to relax admission rules for...
View ArticleHong Kong Medical Council signs off on proposal that will make it easier for...
Hong Kong’s medical regulator signed off on a deal on overseas doctors working in the city after a marathon five-hour meeting on Wednesday, amid allegations by a member that he had been pressured to...
View ArticlePatients waiting more than three years for specialist care in Hong Kong, as...
Private doctors want the government to create a new department to manage their cooperation with public hospitals and shorten waiting times for specialists services, which for some patients in Hong Kong...
View ArticleHong Kong confirms first case of African swine fever – and orders cull of...
Hong Kong confirmed its first case of African swine fever on Friday and ordered the cull of at least 6,000 pigs at a government-owned slaughterhouse.Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee...
View ArticleHong Kong health authorities probe at least one private clinic over fears of...
Hong Kong’s health department is investigating at least one private clinic over the alleged use of HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines from unknown sources, after the sole manufacturer denied providing...
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