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Appendicitis surgery blunder puts spotlight on Hong Kong public hospital safety

A recent surgical blunder involving a doctor mistakenly removing a patient’s fallopian tube instead of her appendix has cast doubt on Hong Kong public hospitals’ ability to effectively implement safety protocols and allocate manpower, advocates have said. Caritas Medical Centre revealed the blunder on Friday, which began with a 48-year-old woman being admitted for appendicitis on June 17. A higher surgical trainee performed a laparoscopic appendectomy on the patient the next day but wrongly...


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