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Hong Kong – Queen Mary Hospital announces sentinel event
Queen Mary Hospital announces sentinel event ******************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority. The spokesperson for Queen Mary Hospital (QMH) announced a sentinel event today (May 18): A six-year-old female patient with biliary atresia received splenic artery embolisation in QMH this year on April 27 due to coagulopathy and hypersplenism. On the day of the operation, the patient’s platelet count was assessed to be low. In order to reduce the risk of bleeding and complications at femoral vascular access, the doctor planned to use a vessel closure device instead of manual compression for haemostasis upon ... Read more