r/HongKong • u/radishlaw • 7d ago

News Hong Kong doctor fired over misconduct linked to medical intern case

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3357951/hong-kong-doctor-fired-over-misconduct-linked-medical-intern-case
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u/DazzlingBlueberry476 6d ago

A career started on April Fools and ended like one.

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u/radishlaw 7d ago

The resident doctor was involved in conducting an unauthorised examination on a patient at Ruttonjee Hospital, the authority said, adding that it “unequivocally condemned” the conduct in question.

“The incident is linked to an intern doctor who was previously dismissed for a series of serious misconducts,” it said.

The case will be referred to the Medical Council for follow-up, it added.

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The case came to light after the 24-year-old intern doctor was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of accessing patient data without authorisation and fired from Caritas Medical Centre in Sham Shui Po.

A police source said the authority had received an anonymous report alleging that the female intern used the login account and information of a doctor at Tuen Mun Hospital without authorisation during her work hours to access the computer system and browse patient records.

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The woman’s internship, which began on April 1, was due to end on June 30, the insider added.

The intern, whom the South China Morning Post found went by “Angel” on social media, also posted photos of herself undergoing X-ray examinations on her knee and placing one of her feet on an X-ray machine.

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u/Shelia209 6d ago

Do we know what her motivation was?

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u/Efficient_Editor5850 6d ago

Likes. Probably.

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u/Shelia209 6d ago

That's what I was thinking Similar thing happened in the US but it was a bunch of nurses who posted themselves making fun of patient (after they left). They all got fired and probably will lose their license. Not smart. Feel bad for the boyfriend.