A coroner ruled yesterday that a 51-year-old cancer patient who was found bleeding days after undergoing a procedure to remove a tumour died by misadventure.
Wong Choi-ngor died at Tuen Mun Hospital on March 5 last year, two days after the tumour was removed from her rectum and following a fall while walking.
The cause of death was given as disseminated intravascular coagulation - a disorder characterised by widespread blood coagulation - due to excessive bleeding, which in turn was due to her condition after the tumour removal. The ruling was given after a two-day inquest that was heard without a jury.
The coroner, Michael Chan Pik-kiu, accepted the opinion of Dr Janet Lee Fung-yee, a surgical consultant at Prince of Wales Hospital, given to the court earlier.
The coroner did not make any recommendations after reaching his verdict.
After the verdict was given Wong's widower, Fung Kwong-ho, wept as he left the court building. He was accompanied by three of his sons, aged 18 to 30.
Fung said he felt that the coroner had favoured the hospital over him.
