Hong Kong court decision: Dr. Wong Cheuk Yi v The Medical Council of Hong Kong [2019] HKCA 1332 - Dismissal of appeal by Hong Kong doctor who did not notice from medical records nurses’ wrongful management
Dr. Wong Cheuk Yi v The Medical Council of Hong Kong [2019] HKCA 1332
Facts:
Dr Wong Cheuk Yi was the case doctor of a cancer patient (“the Patient”) at Kowloon Hospital in Hong Kong.
The nurses who took care of the Patient had wrongly managed his permanent tracheostoma by covering the tracheostoma with gauzes that were strapped on either two or four sides with medical adhesive tapes. The Patient died, and the cause of his death was upper airway obstruct ...