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Emily Tsang

The medical watchdog has found a private doctor guilty of two charges of professional misconduct for printing unauthorised information on his professional name card.
Family doctor Cheung Wing-tak was struck from the medical register for one month, suspended for a year - meaning the sentence will take effect if he offends again in that period.
The disciplinary hearing, held yesterday, came after the Medical Council received an anonymous tip-off.
The card stated that Cheung's service areas included "handling emergency cases and long-term disease, body checks, skin conditions, vaccinations, minor surgery in hospital, and hair transplants".
At the same time, the name card stated a dozen commercial titles held by the doctor which were unrelated to medicine.
Those titles included being a board member of the New Territories General Chamber of Commerce.
None of the statements were among the approved qualifications allowed by the council to be included in a doctor's service information for the public.
"Repeated failure to comply with this advice may constitute professional misconduct," the council's guidelines stated.
Cheung, whose medical clinic is in Yau Mai Tei, apologised for his mistakes yesterday.
His lawyer said the violations were a result of ignorance and the doctor had amended his name card.
Cheung in future would use separate cards for medical and commercial purposes.
According to the council's guidelines, doctors can only quote their qualifications approved by the Medical Council, which include their specialist qualifications and training they receive from approved overseas institutions.
There is also a restriction on how the exact wording shown on the graduation certificate should be quoted.


Doctor disciplined over name card

The medical watchdog has found a private doctor guilty of two charges of professional misconduct for printing unauthorised information on his professional name card.

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The medical watchdog has found a private doctor guilty of two charges of professional misconduct for printing unauthorised information on his professional name card.


Doctor disciplined over name card

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The medical watchdog has found a private doctor guilty of two charges of professional misconduct for printing unauthorised information on his professional name card.

The medical watchdog has found a private doctor guilty of two charges of professional misconduct for printing unauthorised information on his professional name card.