The head of a chain of beauty clinics at the centre of a police investigation into high-risk blood transfusions – which left one woman dead and three others in hospital – was questioned by detectives on Saturday.
DR Beauty centre chain founder, Dr Stephen Chow Heung-wing, was seen entering police headquarters in Admiralty early on Saturday accompanied by two unidentified men. He left the station after more than an hour. Police refused to elaborate, but confirmed no criminal charges were laid.
Four women suffered septic shock after receiving blood transfusion “health therapy” at DR centres in Causeway Bay and Mong Kok.
A 46-year-old women, “treated” at the Causeway Bay clinic, died on Tuesday, while another three remain in hospital. One is in a critical condition, while the other two are “serious” and “stable”. All four contracted a rare deadly superbug.
Undersecretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu said police were collecting evidence from witnesses in the beauty treatment industry.
“Some professional medical procedures were involved in this case. So, different evidence needs to be collected from experts,” Lee said.
Department of Health director Constance Chan Hon-yee said the government would draw up guidelines in a few months to tackle unscrupulous practices in the industry.