Hong Kong Medical Council to review termination of paediatric blunder inquiry

Hong Kong’s Medical Council will review its decision to terminate an inquiry into a paediatrician accused of a medical blunder that left a child with cerebral palsy and quadriplegia, after the city’s health chief ordered a review of its disciplinary mechanism. The Council on Monday said it would review the decision it made last week to order a stay of proceedings against paediatrician Sit Sou-chi, who was accused of a medical blunder in Baptist Hospital on December 22, 2009. The decision was...