{"id":382363,"date":"2026-04-16T11:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382363\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:10:24","slug":"medical-intern-suspended-after-complaint-over-patient-data-in-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/382363\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical intern suspended after complaint over patient data in social media post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s public hospital operator has suspended a medical intern and launched an investigation following a complaint that patient information had been exposed on social media, just days after another <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/health-environment\/article\/3349301\/hong-kong-doctor-axed-posting-resuscitation-photo-faces-medical-council-case?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">doctor was dismisse<\/a>d in a separate but similar privacy controversy that triggered citywide concern.The <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/hospital-authority?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hospital Authority<\/a> said on Saturday that the case involved an intern at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, who had since been temporarily taken off clinical duties.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cAs a provider of public healthcare services, the Hospital Authority requires all staff to strictly adhere to professional codes, uphold integrity, and safeguard patient rights and privacy,\u201d a spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe do not tolerate any form of disclosure of patient information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The authority said the hospital had received a public complaint on Friday and \u201cimmediately reviewed the incident and initiated an investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The intern, from the department of medicine and geriatrics, would be placed on leave starting on Sunday, the spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The authority said it had also contacted the intern\u2019s university and would handle the case in accordance with established procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s public hospital operator has suspended a medical intern and launched an investigation following a complaint that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[198716,134,527,4431,66915,4791,198718,198720,198717,44835,111,139,69,82347,198719,19607],"class_list":{"0":"post-382363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-clinical-management-system","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-healthcare","11":"tag-hong-kong","12":"tag-hospital-authority","13":"tag-instagram","14":"tag-jenson-so","15":"tag-kowloon-west","16":"tag-kwai-chung","17":"tag-medical-council","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-princess-margaret-hospital","22":"tag-viutv","23":"tag-whatsapp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}