Update on Queen Mary Hospital missing patient incident

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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The spokesman for Queen Mary Hospital (QMH) made the following update today (January 15) regarding a patient leaving the hospital without notification earlier:
 
     A 32-year-old male patient left the QMH Accident and Emergency Department without notifying hospital staff on January 12. The hospital contacted him at around 11.50am today and will continue to follow up on his condition.