Paper Talk: Hong Kong store specialises in cheap goods from recently closed pharmacies

Sunday, Ming Pao Daily

Small Ho Man Tin store sells mainly goods from closed pharmacies

A small shop in Ho Man Tin that specialises in selling goods from closed stores is selling mainly dried seafood, Western and Chinese medications, baby milk formula and daily necessities, all of which was bought via auctions from pharmacies which had recently folded. The goods are new but now sell for about only 50 per cent of their original prices. The boss, Mr Kwok, who is in his 60s and has been in the trade for more than 40 years, said he expected more pharmacies to close down in the near future. He also said he expected items such as shower gel, moisturising cream and milk powder to sell better.

Monday, Oriental Daily

Two mothers suffered injuries during curettage surgeries in one week

Two medical blunders took place at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei within a week early this year, where two mothers undergoing curettage surgeries had their wombs perforated by doctors during the surgeries. This was despite the possibility of such incidents being 0.2 per cent – in other words, only two in every 1,000 persons undergoing the operation would have their wombs scraped through. Medical experts said injury to womb during the procedure could have disastrous consequences for the patient. The hospital said the doctors responsible for the surgeries were not specialists but they had undergone relevant training at the hospital’s obstetrics and gynaecology department. Sources said the hospital was short of doctors so the curettage surgery was carried out by junior doctors.