The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     ​The spokesman for the Caritas Medical Centre made the following statement today (February 26) regarding an incident of a nursing student and a staff member suspected to have been indecently assaulted:

     A nursing student and a patient care assistant were suspected to have been indecently assaulted while performing nursing procedures for an 86-year-old male patient in an eye ward this morning. Upon receiving the report, the hospital reported the incident to the Police immediately. A man was subsequently arrested by the Police in the ward.

     The hospital is highly concerned about the incident and expressed sympathy to the nursing student and patient care assistant concerned. The hospital has provided support to them. The hospital resolutely adopts a zero-tolerance attitude to this incident, strongly condemns indecent acts, and will follow up seriously and fully co-operate with the Police investigation.

     The hospital has reported the incident to the Hospital Authority Head Office via the Advance Incident Reporting System.

Ends/Monday, February 26, 2024
Issued at HKT 20:40

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