Developing | Elderly Hong Kong man who died in hospital found to have foreign objects stuffed inside his anus
Hospital staff made the discovery and police are investigating, while the nursing home where the 60-year-old stayed denied it inserted anything
Police launched an investigation into the death of an elderly home resident who was found to have objects stuffed into his anus – the second look at the company in less than one year.
The spokesman said staff found “foreign objects” in his anus and informed his family members, who called the police.
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Wong, who had low blood oxygen and blood pressure levels, was initially diagnosed with diarrhoea and a lung infection. He died on February 2, but details about his death only recently came to light.
Police were investigating whether staff of an elderly home where Wong, 60, last stayed were involved in inserting a bundle of gauzes and tapes into his anus. Wong was said to be mentally challenged.
The bundle contained several pieces of gauze and several tapes, and each was more than eight centimetres long, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.
“The elderly man had been disabled and had difficulty expressing himself after suffering a stroke in 2001, so he was unable to do this,” the source said. “It was unlikely to have been done by his roommates, who were also bedridden.”
But he stressed that police were looking into all possible clues.