Maternity wards must log problems

Private hospitals will for the first time be required to regularly review all maternal cases involving deaths or severe complications under a requirement being hammered out by the Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

The specialist training body is reviewing its accreditation guidelines for the city's eight public and 10 private obstetrics units, as requested by the government.

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