Hong Kong to probe for negligence in medical watchdog’s delay over infant cerebral palsy case

Hong Kong will investigate whether any civil servant has been negligent over a 16-year delay in the medical watchdog’s handling of a complaint against a paediatrician found guilty over a blunder that left a boy permanently disabled.

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Sunday that there were “unjustifiable delays” in the Medical Council Secretariat’s […] ...