New | Baby boy of mother killed by falling tree ‘no longer in critical condition’
Infant remains in neonatal intensive care unit of Queen Mary Hospital
The condition of a baby boy, born by emergency caesarean section after his mother was fatally injured by a falling tree, has improved from critical to serious almost two weeks after the incident.
The infant remains in the neonatal intensive care unit of Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, a government spokesman said.
On August 14, a tree crashed down a private slope in Mid-Levels and killed Zhang Qin, who was 37 and heavily pregnant at the time.
Zhang was waiting outside the 11-storey Palm Court on Robinson Road for a minibus when the 10-metre-tall Indian rubber tree fell on her shortly after 2.30pm.
The victim’s baby was delivered by emergency caesarean section and has remained in hospital since then.
The tragedy highlighted the absence of a single law to govern the maintenance of trees. Experts have pointed out that, at present, trees in the countryside and urban areas are protected by various ordinances.