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Fiona Chow

A Hong Kong court has granted bail to a nurse and a healthcare assistant accused of ill-treating a young girl whose heart stopped after a stitching procedure.
Registered nurse Cheung Tin-wing, 26, and patient care assistant Wan Mei-kwan, 62, appeared in Sha Tin Court on Monday over a joint count of ill-treatment or neglect by those in charge of a child.
Prosecutors did not ask Cheung and Wan to enter a plea at this stage, as the hearing was adjourned for 12 weeks until December 23.
The girl’s medical report, hospital record and witness statements would be obtained for further investigation.
Acting Principal Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong granted cash bail of HK$10,000 (US$1,286) to the pair but imposed additional conditions. The defendants were required to stay in Hong Kong, report to police twice a week and not contact prosecution witnesses.
The girl’s name was hidden in the court document.

Previously, the Hospital Authority said the girl remained in critical condition and relied on a feeding tube and a ventilator.
It was reported that the girl was brought to Yan Chai Hospital on May 25 after she sustained a 2cm cut on the back of her head and had a slight fever.
The girl received three stitches in a three-minute procedure. Hospital staff members discovered the girl had lost consciousness and suffered a cardiac arrest after the procedure.
Her heart began beating again after 18 minutes and she was sent to the paediatric intensive care unit at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung.
The girl was four years old when the incident happened and has turned five since.
In June, the father of the girl reported the case to police and called for an independent probe into the incident.
The maximum penalty for the offence is 10 years in jail.


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Nurse Cheung Tin-wing. Photo: Fiona Chow

The two accused appeared in Sha Tin Court on Monday. Photo: Winson Wong

Father (centre) of four-year-old Lai Sum-yuet. Photo: Jonathan Wong

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Lai Sum-yuet was found unconscious after receiving three stitches in a three-minute procedure at Yan Chai Hospital. Photo: Handout

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Registered nurse Cheung Tin-wing, 26, and patient care assistant Wan Mei-kwan, 62, not required to enter plea at this stage


Registered nurse Cheung Tin-wing, 26, and patient care assistant Wan Mei-kwan, 62, not required to enter plea at this stage.


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