Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has identified suspected Covid-19 contamination in a batch of flocked swabs used in five public hospitals, with two patients found to have shown false positive results. The authority said on Saturday that a laboratory at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung detected weak positive results for Covid-19 in some of…
A Hong Kong hospital is now using advanced mixed reality and 3D printing technology to improve the precision of orthopaedic surgery and provide patients with better treatment. Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin officially implemented the mixed-reality visualisation last year, applying head-mounted displays that allow virtual objects to be overlaid onto the real world….
Hong Kong police have arrested a man for allegedly striking a woman at a hotel, leaving her unconscious, before fleeing the scene. The force said on Friday that hotel staff had reported the case at around 6.30am that day after discovering the woman unconscious in one of the venue’s rooms. The victim, a 46-year-old surnamed…
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has brought in specialists to help reduce the number of medical blunders, while vowing to strengthen public communication as part of measures introduced following a performance review. Dr Tony Ko Pat-sing, the authority’s chief executive, said on Friday that the measures aimed to improve its response to mistakes and enhance service…
A Shenzhen Airlines flight was delayed for two hours after the arm of a member of the cabin crew was bitten when she intervened in a row between two passengers. According to a statement from the airline, the incident unfolded on April 1 when a plane scheduled to fly from Shenzhen in southern China to…
China’s so-called century baby has died at 25 from heart attack and is being remembered as a talented artist. From the moment she arrived in the world at midnight on January 1, 2000, Xie Yueqian made national headlines. One at the time read: “To the second, the standard century baby has arrived.” Her birth marked…
Some patients and advocacy groups have voiced concerns over medical fee increases under a reform of Hong Kong’s subsidised public healthcare model, while experts have called for alternative services to be strengthened to support affected residents. Ng Ka-lun, who suffers from severe amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye”, will have to pay about HK$2,000 (US$257)…
A noodle shop owner in China who gave free food to travellers who intervened after a car accident has discovered that the victim they helped was his son. On March 7, a woman and her friend were driving in Guangdong province, southeastern China, when they came across a car accident. A white sedan was diagonally…
A Chinese tourist in Sri Lanka was critically injured after she hung her body out of a moving train for photos and slammed into a tunnel wall. The woman’s actions have sparked a heated debate about travel safety on mainland social media. The 35-year-old is reportedly in critical condition after she suffered severe head and…
Social media in China has been left awestruck by a story of serendipity that brought a couple together with a car accident. A 36-year-old man, surnamed Li, and his 23-year-old wife tied the knot in central China’s Hunan province in February. When they “met” each other in December 2023, he was the driver of a…