Patient who needed soft food dies after choking on regular meal at public hospital
Por Ng Kang-chung — South China Morning Post – News feed
Advertisement Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals Hong Kong Society Patient who needed soft food dies after choking on regular meal at public hospital
Prince of Wales Hospital says man, 54, lacked identification and was given temporary identity, which contributed to wrong food order
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Ng Kang-chung Published: 10:57pm, 18 Sep 2026
A Hong Kong patient died after suffering a heart attack when he was fed a regular meal instead of the required soft food and choked at Prince of Wales Hospital.
The public hospital in Sha Tin issued a public apology on Friday and said it had appointed an eight-person panel to look into the blunder.
A report, along with recommendations for improvement measures, is expected in eight weeks.
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