Hong Kong brain surgeon drills hole in wrong side of patient’s head
A doctor at a Hong Kong public hospital performed surgery on the wrong side of an 86-year-old man’s skull – the second brain surgery blunder in the city in just four months. An investigation has been...
View ArticleGlobal study on walking puts Hong Kong a step ahead
Hongkongers walk an average of 6,880 steps a day, making them the most active in the world, a study has found. The Stanford University survey ranked Indonesia last out of 46 countries and regions with...
View ArticleAll your household waste can fit in a jar, according to this Hong Kong start-up
Paola Cortese uses a tumbler for her drinks, a metal box for her food, reusable cutlery, and a reusable bag wherever she goes. These steps, and some careful planning, have meant she can fit all her...
View ArticleCoral fish reappear in Hong Kong waters, but green turtles vanish
Fourteen rare species of coral fish commonly thought to have disappeared from Hong Kong waters have been rediscovered in the past three years, according to green groups. But the groups also expressed...
View ArticleA long way from home: rare white fox found on Lantau hiking trail
A rare species of wild fox, not native to Hong Kong, was found trapped on a Lantau trail on Friday night and was later rescued by firemen, prompting authorities to investigate where the animal had come...
View ArticleCarrie Lam issues action call in Hong Kong hospitals’ flu crisis
The city’s leader has called on the Hospital Authority to come up with urgent measures “very soon” to ease pressure on public hospitals grappling with a flu crisis that has killed 157 so far. Chief...
View ArticleFloods expected in Hong Kong after heavy rainstorms
The Hong Kong Observatory lowered its amber rainstorm warning signal at 11.25pm Monday following hours of heavy downpours and after issuing a red signal at one point as flooding was expected in parts...
View ArticleHong Kong private hospitals asked to help as public wards overflow amid flu peak
Private hospitals will be asked to take patients from public medical wards that are struggling to cope with occupancy rates of up to 124 per cent amid the peak summer flu season. The Hospital Authority...
View ArticleAmber rainstorm signal cancelled after morning of heavy rain and flooding in...
The Hong Kong Observatory cancelled its amber rainstorm warning at 11.30am on Tuesday after a morning of heavy rain and flooding in some areas of the city. The signal, which was issued at 8.20am,...
View ArticleHong Kong authorities to pay private hospitals to take public patients as...
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority will pay for the transfer of patients from overcrowded public hospitals to private ones in an arrangement that could become a long-term measure to cope with an influx of...
View ArticleDemand for emergency treatment at Hong Kong hospitals eases despite onset of...
The city’s public hospitals have seen a slight easing of demand at emergency units on a day hit by heavy rainstorms, but United Christian Hospital remained busy handling both patients and visitors....
View ArticleParts of Hong Kong still face threat of flash floods after two days of heavy...
An area in Hong Kong’s New Territories still faces the threat of flash floods after the Drainage Services Department admitted that a nearby river lacked adequate drainage capacity. The admission...
View ArticleHong Kong health chief confirms government in talks with St Teresa’s to...
Hong Kong’s health minister has for the first time named St Teresa’s Hospital as one of the private institutions the government is in talks with under a new scheme to ease the burden on overstretched...
View ArticleBand of hydrographers quietly work under water to ensure developments in Hong...
In space-starved Hong Kong, the availability of land for housing and commerce is a constant obsession, to the extent that most people tend to forget about the sea and its importance for the city’s...
View ArticleLatest fibre optic technology in Hong Kong to vault the Pacific Ocean
By next summer, Hong Kong could be helping internet users stream 80 million high-definition video calls – all at the same time. This would be thanks to a super high-speed fibre optic cable, which is...
View ArticleIn U-turn, Hong Kong prison allows stray cats to stay
Dozens of stray cats will be allowed to stay in a Hong Kong prison they have called home for almost a decade in a surprise U-turn by the city’s correctional authorities after they earlier said the...
View ArticleHong Kong tackles world’s first case of patient contracting Japanese...
Hong Kong health authorities are tackling the world’s first case of a patient contracting the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, Japanese encephalitis (JE), through a blood transfusion. The...
View ArticleMutation may be behind surge in flu cases this summer, Hong Kong experts say
Mutation in a dominant flu strain might be the reason behind a surge of cases in Hong Kong this summer, a top infectious diseases expert has warned, calling for radical change to be made in the current...
View ArticleHong Kong boy not allowing birthmark on his face to blemish his life
He has been called “monster” and “ghost”, only because he has a birthmark on his face. But, at the age of five, Fergus Lam Seon-zi is no doubt a big boy when handling all this name-calling and...
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong needs to start talking about eating disorders
“It’s a constant tug of war with yourself,” says recovering eating disorder struggler Maya Lee Wing-sum.“It’s an abusive relationship with that unignorable voice in your head, and no amount of logic or...
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