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Hong Kong authorities will freeze the pay of senior managers at public healthcare facilities for medical blunders as part of reforms to hold staff accountable, with an official saying firing employees is not an option given the sector’s manpower crunch. Henry Fan Hung-ling, chairman of the Hospital Authority, also said on Saturday that the organisation […]
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has proposed holding senior managers at public healthcare facilities accountable for blunders that happen on their watch as part of wide-ranging reforms aimed at better defining roles and reducing the risk of potentially life-threatening mistakes. The authority also suggested on Friday that hospitals make better use of technology to ease the […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba may be learning the hard way that diplomacy is more difficult than it sounds following his trip to South America to attend multilateral summits, but his inexperience is raising doubts over whether he is up to the job he has been in for over a month. The absence of Ishiba […]
Hong Kong’s health minister has vowed to step up training for intern doctors, after public hospitals reported two medical blunders involving trainees in four months. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The Hospital Authority will enhance training on inserting nasogastric tubes for intern doctors this month following two medical mishaps at public […]