Tag: Caritas

Update on Caritas Medical Centre missing patient incident ********************************************************* The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The spokesman for Caritas Medical Centre (CMC) made the following update today (March 21) regarding a patient leaving the hospital without notification:      CMC has received notification from the Police that the 71-year-old male patient, who left the Medicine and Geriatric ward of CMC without notification yesterday (March 20), had returned home in the early hours of this morning.

Caritas Medical Centre appeals to public for missing patient ************************************************************ The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The spokesman for Caritas Medical Centre (CMC) made the following appeal today (June 30) regarding a patient leaving the Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) without prior notification:      A 24-year-old female patient with chronic disease was sent to the A&E by ambulance yesterday morning (June 29) at around 7am. The patient was found leaving the hospital without prior notification at around 8.45am. CMC is very concerned about the incident. Hospital security guards were mobilised to conduct local and hospital-wide search but ... Read more

Caritas Medical Centre announces two incidents concerning inappropriate treatment of patients by healthcare staff ****************************************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      Caritas Medical Centre (CMC) today (November 18) announces two incidents concerning inappropriate treatment of patients by healthcare staff:      CMC had earlier received complaint about healthcare staff treating patients inappropriately. CMC is highly concerned about the incident and launched an review into the complaint immediately and has been reported to the Police for investigation.      The complaint involved two patients, who were suspected of being maltreated during the course of a ... Read more

Caritas Medical Centre announces a sentinel event of inpatient suicide ********************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      The spokesperson for Caritas Medical Centre (CMC) announced a sentinel event today (October 26):        A 73-year-old male patient was admitted to the single isolation room in a medical ward of CMC yesterday (October 25) due to exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD). The patient had underlying chronic diseases and required oxygen therapy. The patient’s condition as well as emotion were stable upon clinical assessment by healthcare staff at that moment.             The patient was last seen by ... Read more