Another Interview by TVB News on Permanent Stay of Medical Council Proceedings
TVB News Channel programme “A Closer Look 時事多面睇” interviewed Mr Gordon Chan on complaints handling in the Medical Council of Hong Kong.
TVB News Channel programme “A Closer Look 時事多面睇” interviewed Mr Gordon Chan on complaints handling in the Medical Council of Hong Kong.
TVB News interviewed Mr Gordon Chan on the permanent stay of proceedings at the Medical Council of Hong Kong.
In an unprecedented move, the Medical Council of Hong Kong ordered that a case be permanently stayed. The Council adopted the established legal principles for criminal cases to resolve this case, which lasted more than a decade.
While children may consent to treatment, doctors still have the duty to ensure that the child understands the nature and consequences of the act.
A doctor being disciplined exposes a long-standing ethical problem in reproductive medicine – Some parents’ preference for the sex of their child. Which also leads to criminal liabilities.