European experts clear suspended cardiologist Yu Cheuk-man
Hong Kong specialist relieved as panel finds no evidence of any faults in 11 operations
Six European experts who investigated the case of suspended Prince of Wales Hospital cardiologist Professor Yu Cheuk-man have found no evidence of malpractice, a Medical Association report says.
Yu has been suspended for almost a year after complaints by surgeons at the hospital that 11 of his operations last year had resulted in serious complications. In four of the cases, the patients later died.
Yu, who is in his forties, stood down as head of cardiology when the complaints emerged in February. But the experts from Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Britain found no evidence of impropriety and even said that two of the operations were "well performed".
The Medical Association has given a copy of the report to the Hospital Authority, which has set up two panels: one to review Yu's work and the other to look at the clinical performance of the department as a whole.
Another copy has been sent to Chinese University, where Yu also works as an assistant dean, and a third to Yu himself.
Yu welcomed the report, adding: "I hope this credible report can show I did nothing wrong and that the Hospital Authority will lift my suspension as soon as possible."