Hospital under fire for patient data leak.
Hospital contractor arrested after nurses credit card details stolen.
Depression and anxiety rife amongst teens.
And official dates announced for the 2026 HK Rugby 7s!
All this and the rest of Monday’s news that matters 👇
NEWS
• TKO Hospital has had a data breach reported to police, with a consultant and an associate consultant from the department of surgery arrested on Sunday.
Local media are reporting that the information leaked was to the family of a patient who died during surgery at the hospital, suggesting that the surgeon involved had similar incidents in the past.
Via The Standard: The case came to light following the death of a female terminal pancreatic cancer patient in February after undergoing an endoscopic ultrasound-guided procedure at the hospital.
Her son subsequently received anonymous phone calls and multiple letters signed by a "concerned person." These communications included detailed medical records of his mother and other patients and made several allegations against the operating surgeon. The son later filed a complaint with TVB's news program "Scoop."
At the press conference on Monday, the hospital administration didn’t confirm or deny the media reports, but did say that there is an internal system for reporting, and no complaints had been lodged.
“The hospital will not tolerate staff accessing patients’ information for unauthorised non-clinical purposes and improperly disclosing patients’ information to third parties.”
👀 Watch this space, as I have a feeling the story has more to it. With the arrests, and possible charges, it will mean a court case and all the details will come to light.
• Meanwhile over at Kowloon Hospital, a 29-year-old female contractor has been arrested over credit card charges amounting to $315,000 charged to the cards of 13 unsuspecting nurses.
• Latest poll of high schoolers’ mental health shows a rise in depression and anxiety.
As for the rise in the “blissfulness” index, the NGO’s shrink puts that down to a combination of teens finding new ways to deal with stress, and the fact that nothing is as bad as it was during the pandemic.
• Clockenflap has added new acts to this year’s line-up, with Japan pop star Vaundy performing at his first concert outside of Japan.
One of the new acts added has forced me to break my “not going to Clockenflap, too many humans” rule. So I have a ticket for Sunday.
• Back-to-back jackpot/snowball Mark 6 this week.
SPORTS
• The official dates for next year’s Hong Kong Rugby 7s have dropped, if you want to bang it in your calendar.
• Coleman Wong has returned to Hong Kong for a well earned fortnight’s rest before he represents HK at the Davis Cup.
WEATHER
• And finally, it was a scorcher in Sheung Shui on Monday.
