Elizabeth Cheung

Elizabeth has been a health reporter for the Post's Hong Kong desk since 2014. She covers general medical news, breakthrough medical treatments and research, government policy and hospital blunders. Elizabeth has a Master's Degree in Development Studies.

Chan Wing-yee, who suffers from Dandy-walker Syndrome, and her mother Joan Chan Sun-fun, photographed at home in Tuen Mun. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Health & Environment

New foundation aims to ease burden on families with sick children

14 Oct 2018 - 1:49pm 2

As well as providing clinical services, the hospital will serve as a training ground for local practitioners. Photo: Shutterstock

Health & Environment

City’s new Chinese medicine hospital will be ‘flagship institution’

11 Oct 2018 - 10:49pm 8

Doctors’ groups believe e-cigarettes are harmful but those in support of the products say they can help smokers quit traditional cigarettes. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Environment

Officials ‘plugging loopholes’ in planned e-cigarettes ban amid industry anger

10 Oct 2018 - 11:05pm 8

Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a copy of her upcoming policy address. Photo: Handout

Politics

Hong Kong to ban e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products

10 Oct 2018 - 3:57pm 32

Many poor families are forced to wait years for public rental housing in Hong Kong. Photo: Fung Chang

Society

Low-income families in Hong Kong to receive more assistance with housing

7 Oct 2018 - 12:25am 6

On Tuesday afternoon, (left) red paper covering a “democracy wall” at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University had been torn down, but by Wednesday morning (right) the paper had returned along with the original rules of posting. The university’s student union has threatened to escalate action if the covering is not removed by noon. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Politics

PolyU president slams student union over ‘arbitrary’ rule change

3 Oct 2018 - 11:03pm 23

Earlier this summer, Hong Kong faced a rampant rodent problem. Photo: Alamy

Health & Environment

Hong Kong man is world’s first human found with rat hepatitis E virus

30 Sep 2018 - 11:24pm 56

Globally medical experts are divided on whether vaping and other tobacco alternatives are less harmful than cigarettes. Photo: Nora Tam

Health & Environment

Ban e-cigarettes, medical experts say after ‘shocking’ rise in child use

28 Sep 2018 - 8:09am 10

Change is part of hospital redevelopment project to meet increasing demand on health care services

Health & Environment

New Hong Kong mortuary seeks to help the bereaved find peace

26 Sep 2018 - 9:00am

A look at how the hundreds of species that call the city home fared amid the most intense storm on record

Health & Environment

What happened to the birds in Hong Kong when Typhoon Mangkhut hit?

22 Sep 2018 - 10:21pm 1

Garbage from waste collection points across the city is sent to the stations, where garbage is compacted, packed into containers and then sent to landfills. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

Garbage truck drivers face up to six-hour delays amid typhoon clean-up

21 Sep 2018 - 3:54pm 3

Lam Lin-ki has sold about 30 chainsaws since Typhoon Mangkhut struck. Photo: Sam Tsang

Health & Environment

Chainsaws fly off shelves at hardware shops after monster storm

19 Sep 2018 - 7:58pm 2

Most cases reported in Tai Po, with at least 20 patients visiting emergency unit

Health & Environment

Bees ‘go crazy’ after typhoon ... and Hongkongers feel the sting

19 Sep 2018 - 11:14pm 3

City getting back on its feet after most powerful storm on record hit on Sunday

Transport

Mangkhut aftermath: classes at all schools to resume on Wednesday

18 Sep 2018 - 2:47pm 15

Tseung Kwan O Waterfront Park is left destroyed by Typhoon Mangkhut. Photo: Sam Tsang

Health & Environment

Hong Kong faces days of uncertainty amid struggle to recover from Mangkhut

19 Sep 2018 - 8:19pm 46

Fallen trees blocking Wong Nai Chung Road on Hong Kong Island. Photo: Nora Tam

Health & Environment

Hong Kong schools to close another day due to typhoon damage

17 Sep 2018 - 9:09pm 12

Raymond Lok said using the automated service would take about 20 seconds. Photo: Sam Tsang

Law and Crime

Hongkongers, your next trip to Thailand just got easier

14 Sep 2018 - 9:04pm 2

Communication has improved and some precautions have been taken, but concerns over infrastructure remain more than 12 months after 10 died in 2017 super typhoon at casino hub

Health & Environment

Lawmakers doubt Macau is fully prepared for super typhoon

14 Sep 2018 - 10:39pm

Dark clouds gather on the horizon as the city prepares for the arrival of Super Typhoon Mangkhut. Photo: Sam Tsang

Society

Hongkongers prepare for worst as Super Typhoon Mangkhut nears

14 Sep 2018 - 8:24am 31

An FEHD worker sprays insecticide on the outlying island of Cheung Chau. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

Hong Kong’s dengue fever outbreak on the wane

13 Sep 2018 - 9:02am 1

Barijat’s associated squalls and showers are expected to maintain a distance from Hong Kong. Photo: Winson Wong

Health & Environment

Hong Kong on typhoon alert as two storms move closer towards city

12 Sep 2018 - 8:28am 16

End-of-life care for people who spend their final days in a nursing home costs 17 per cent less than for those who die in hospital, according to the study. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Health & Environment

Cheaper to die in a nursing home than a hospital, study finds

13 Sep 2018 - 9:17am 3

The number of reported child abuse cases in Hong Kong involving infants aged two or below has more than doubled in the past two years. Photo: Alamy

Society

Abuse of children younger than 3 years old soars in Hong Kong

7 Sep 2018 - 11:37pm 3

Petros Giannikopoulos, co-founder of Driver. Photo: David Wong

Health & Environment

US start-up backed by Li Ka-shing matches cancer patients with treatments

7 Sep 2018 - 2:36pm

Drugs were placed in a drawer and not handed to 64-year-old patient before he was discharged. He died two weeks later

Health & Environment

Hospital to probe patient death after nurse forgets medication

2 Sep 2018 - 8:03am 4

Tin Heng Estate in Tin Shui Wai. Photo: Felix Wong

Society

Two siblings unconscious, sent to hospital after Tin Shui Wai fire

1 Sep 2018 - 9:01pm

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Environment

Radiographer targeted in blunder damaging patient’s reproductive tract

1 Sep 2018 - 2:28am 1

Workers carry out anti-mosquito measures on Cheung Chau. Photo: Sam Tsang

Health & Environment

Latest Cheung Chau dengue fever case brings total number to 28

31 Aug 2018 - 2:35pm

Bowrington Road Market in Wan Chai. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Environment

Hong Kong food department slammed for poor supervision of wet markets

30 Aug 2018 - 10:53pm 9

The grieving daughter (centre) and wife of Tong, a patient who died at Tuen Mun Hospital, speak to the media. Photo: Dickson Lee

Health & Environment

Unguided procedures by student nurses ‘occurred many times’

29 Aug 2018 - 11:06pm 2

Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam. Photo: Winson Wong

Health & Environment

A woman donated her organs. Five recipients now have hepatitis E

28 Aug 2018 - 8:36pm 16

Mosquito control work being carried out in Cheung Chau. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

Two more dengue cases in Hong Kong, raising total to 26 this year

29 Aug 2018 - 3:06pm 8

Windless conditions and baking heat result in haze over region, with relief coming only next week

Health & Environment

Air pollution poses serious health risk as ozone mass clouds city

26 Aug 2018 - 9:47am 26

The police proposal to ban the Hong Kong National Party is unprecedented. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Politics

National Party gets extra week to submit arguments against ban

3 Oct 2018 - 1:23pm 10

Centre for Health Protection also records imported case of similar viral disease chikungunya fever

Health & Environment

Dengue fever case of Cheung Chau man brings Hong Kong tally to 24

24 Aug 2018 - 8:47pm 1

(Left to right): Moses Cheng Mo-chi, member of the governing board for the prize; Lui Che-woo and Lawrence Lau, chairman of the prize committee, at a ceremony announcing the winners of the 2018 Lui Chi Woo Prize for World Civilisation at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental in Central. Photo: Sam Tsang

Society

Lui Che Woo prize goes to United Nations agency for disaster relief

24 Aug 2018 - 11:31pm

Mosquito control work being carried out in Cheung Chau. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

Hong Kong’s dengue fever outbreak hits record high

29 Aug 2018 - 3:11pm 1

The dengue virus is transmitted to humans by Aedes albopictus, a type of mosquito commonly found in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Health & Environment

As dengue fever scare hits Hong Kong, how can you avoid infection?

29 Aug 2018 - 3:04pm 3

An arborist trimming the India rubber tree involved in the accident. Photo: Winson Wong

Society

Bad branch that killed maid shows poor tree management, experts say

22 Aug 2018 - 10:58pm 12

A government worker sprays mosquito killer on Cheung Chau, where two dengue fever cases were confirmed. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

Spread of mosquitoes in Hong Kong hits an 11-year high for July

21 Aug 2018 - 11:30pm 6

University of Hong Kong’s Dr Ho Pak-leung calls on government to act as available data on mosquito numbers is always a month behind

Health & Environment

Microbiologist ‘intimidated’ by dengue fever infection rate in city

18 Aug 2018 - 11:44pm 5

Nine of those infected were known to have visited the park

Health & Environment

Lion Rock Park closed for 30 days to wipe out mosquitoes causing dengue

17 Aug 2018 - 11:15pm

Superbug infections kill 700 people each year in Hong Kong’s public hospitals, fuelled by overuse of antibiotics in healthcare and farming sectors

Health & Environment

Killer infection at Hong Kong's doorstep as city fights superbug war

17 Aug 2018 - 2:55pm 4

Lee Ming-wai from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (front, second right) said mosquito control work had been conducted in areas where patients had visited. Photo: Edward Wong

Health & Environment

Warnings of ‘exponential growth’ after three more dengue fever cases

17 Aug 2018 - 12:04am 2

Reproduction levels are below the level at which a population can replace itself, while fewer young people will eventually hurt city’s economic development

Society

Why Hong Kong really needs to start having more babies

16 Aug 2018 - 4:11pm 24

Centre for Health Protection puts real-time monitoring system in place so public hospitals can alert them to potential outbreak of mosquito-borne virus

Health & Environment

Health officials take action to prevent outbreak of dengue fever in city

16 Aug 2018 - 4:16pm

Privately run institutions more likely to harbour infections, according to new study

Health & Environment

One in three Hong Kong care home residents has superbug MRSA

14 Aug 2018 - 10:12am 1