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Hong Kong medical watchdog member resigns for death inquest representation

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A prominent patient rights advocate and lawyer, Alex Lam, has resigned from Hong Kong's Medical Council. Lam is stepping down to represent the father of Tin-Yu Wu in an inquest into her death. Wu had been in a vegetative state for four years following an alleged medical error. AI

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Hong Kong medical watchdog member resigns for death inquest representation

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Emily Hung ·

    Medical watchdog member quits to represent Tin-yu’s father at her death inquest

    A prominent patients’ rights advocate and lawyer has resigned from Hong Kong’s medical watchdog to represent the father of Chau Tin-yu at an inquest into her death, after she spent four years in a vegetative state following an alleged medical blunder. Alex Lam Chi-yau, chairman o…

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