
Hong Kong man suffers ‘flesh-eating’ infection after acupuncture, leg amputated
A 47-year-old Hong Kong man has undergone an amputation of his left lower leg two days after developing a Group A Streptococcal infection following acupuncture treatment he received at two traditional Chinese medicine clinics. The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday the man developed a fever and left thigh pain on April 11 and…