Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, today (December 26):

Reporter: What is the Government doing to investigate the recent deaths of pregnant women in public hospital?

Secretary for Food and Health: I am very concerned about the maternal deaths in one of the public hospitals of the Hospital Authority (HA). I have already requested the HA to submit all these investigation reports to the Food and Health Bureau and I will personally go through these reports to make sure that the HA will, according to the findings of these reports, take necessary precautions and remedial measures. 

(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)

Ends/Monday, December 26, 2016
Issued at HKT 15:04

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