Lawmaker slams ‘unsatisfactory’ past bid to scrap 16-year probe against doctor

Hong Kong’s medical watchdog’s guilty verdict against a paediatrician over a case that left a boy permanently disabled more than 16 years ago has shown that its earlier argument for ending the long-delayed probe on fairness grounds was unfounded, observers have said. Medical sector lawmaker David Lam Tzit-yuen said on Monday that it was “clearly extremely unsatisfactory” that the case had taken 16