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Hong Kong

21,000 hospital patients wait three years for specialist care

The report showed that last year 21,076 patients had waited three years before they were able to see a specialist. Photo: Jonathan Wong

More than 21,000 patients had waited three years before receiving specialist treatment at the city's overburdened and understaffed public hospitals last year, with more than 1,000 waiting even longer.

But a Hospital Authority report submitted to the Legislative Council shows that the number of patients queueing for specialist care actually dropped from 2012, despite 680,000 more patients seeking care.