Hong Kong authorities to strengthen training of doctors and help find heart donor for 3-month-old baby

Lo noted that the repeated incidents, which involved erroneous readings of X-rays by internal doctors leading to incorrect placement of feeding tubes, could no longer be considered individual cases but reflected a “systematic problem.”

“We hope to increase training, especially on (delivery procedures) feeding tubes. This will be done urgently in a short period of time this year. We hope to improve the quality of service and ensure that the public will not be too worried about this medical procedure,” Lo said.

He added that public hospitals should provide more support to intern doctors by encouraging them to seek help from senior management.

Lo also said the problem could be linked to the training of doctors by the medical schools of the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as graduates of these institutions are allowed to receive provisional licenses.