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Hong Kong Mirror accident: injured dancer’s condition improves, but he remains in intensive care unit in serious state

  • Mo Li has stable vital signs, but his condition remains serious, according to latest hospital updates
  • Doctors have said there is a 95 per cent chance the dancer’s nerves will not completely recover

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The condition of Mo Li, a dancer injured by a falling giant screen at a concert by Hong Kong boy band Mirror in July, has improved. Photo: Mo Li’s Instagram
Fiona SunandNadia Lam

The condition of a dancer injured at a Mirror concert in Hong Kong has been upgraded from critical to serious, according to the Hospital Authority.

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But Mo Li Kai-yin remained in an intensive care unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, said Larry Lee Lap-yip, a chief manager at the authority.

“His condition changed from critical to serious in view of two reasons. One reason is because his vital sign has become stable now and also his respiratory support has been changed – he is not intubated any more,” Lee said.

Mo, 27, is at risk of being paralysed from the neck down after a four-by-four-metre video screen crashed onto him and another dancer while they were performing on stage at the Hong Kong Coliseum on July 28. Li had been in a critical condition since he underwent two rounds of surgery that month.

The development came after Li’s father, Reverend Derek Li Shing-lam, on Saturday night said his son was still bedridden and had difficulty moving, and revealed the doctors’ diagnosis that there was a 95 per cent chance that the dancer’s damaged vertebrae and sensory nerves could not completely recover.

The Baptist pastor said his son would seek acupuncture treatment this week, despite Chinese doctors saying they were not very confident it could lead to recovery.

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