DevelopingThree charged with manslaughter over Hong Kong beauty clinic death
Two men and one woman were charged with manslaughter at Eastern Court in connection with medical treatments at a private clinic that left one woman dead and three others seriously ill in 2012.
Two doctors and a technician who allegedly gave a client at a beauty clinic an experimental therapy used on cancer patients appeared in court yesterday charged with her manslaughter.
Dr Stephen Chow Heung-wing, 60, Dr Mak Wan-ling, 33, and Chan Kwun-chung, 30, each face one count of manslaughter.
The defendants are accused of a breach of duty amounting to "gross negligence" and such negligence was "a substantial cause of the death of 46-year-old Chan Yuen-lam".
According to court documents, Chow was the owner of the DR Group beauty treatment centre, while Mak was responsible for administering the "CIK/AI therapy" to Chan Yuen-lam at DR Esthetic Centre, part of the DR Group, in Causeway Bay.
Chan Kwun-chung, of Asia Pacific Stem Cell Science Limited, allegedly prepared the therapy product for Chan Yuen-lam, who died on October 10, 2012.
Court documents said the therapy was based on an experimental process used for treating cancer patients which involved "the extraction, manipulation in a laboratory and reintroduction of blood taken from Chan Yuen-lam".