Hospital workers in court over alleged child abuse

Two Yan Chai Hospital staff members appeared in court on Monday on child abuse charges after a girl who was in their care suffered a cardiac arrest during a stitching procedure. Registered nurse Cheung Tin-wing, 26, and patient care assistant Wan Mei-kwan, 62, face a count of "ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child". The pair were said to have been giving a four-year-old patient stitches to a head wound on May 25 when her heart stopped beating for 18 minutes. The defendants were not required to enter a plea. Sha Tin magistrate Cheang Kei-hong released them on bail of HK$10,000 and banned them from leaving Hong Kong. They were also ordered not to contact any witnesses in the case and to report to the police twice a week. The case was adjourned to December 23.