HongKong

Coroner’s Court magistrate slams weak regulations, government inaction in Hong Kong nursing home abuse case




A magistrate has slammed the Hong Kong government for failing to take legal action against a nursing home that deliberately concealed an incident of elderly abuse, after a resident was discovered to have gauze and surgical tape lodged inside his rectum just two days before his death.Coroner’s Court Magistrate Monica Chow Wai-choo said the inquest into the 2016 death of pneumonia patient Wong Chi-shing, reflected an elderly care system plagued by sloppy regulation and government inaction.The 60…



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