Hong Kong cancer patient dies 3 weeks after incorrect incision to abdomen

A Hong Kong patient with colon cancer died three weeks after undergoing an operation, with a hospital opening an investigation after a CAT scan revealed that a surgical opening in her abdomen had been incorrectly positioned. Tseung Kwan O Hospital said on Friday that the 85-year-old transverse colon cancer patient had died on Tuesday after undergoing stoma surgery on February 7. The procedure involved creating a surgical opening to alleviate an intestinal obstruction. In the time between the...

By Edith Lin