More than 1,000 health care staff stage sit-in to condemn ‘excessive use of force’ by Hong Kong police on anti-government protesters
- Doctors, nurses and health workers from 13 public hospitals join demonstrations during lunch hour wearing black masks
- Civil Human Rights Front, which organised two major rallies against extradition bill in June, plans a fresh march on Sunday
More than 1,000 health care staff from 13 public hospitals on Tuesday staged sit-in demonstrations at their workplace to condemn what they said was an excessive use of force by police in anti-government protests.
This came as an organiser of two previous mass rallies announced plans for a march on Sunday.
The doctors, nurses and other health workers chose their lunch hour to protest at the hospitals, many of which were major facilities with accident and emergency services. A similar assembly was also held in the head office of the Hospital Authority, which manages the city’s public hospitals.
At Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff gathered in the lobby of one of the blocks. Many were in uniforms, wearing black masks as a mark of protest and holding placards that read “Hong Kong police attempt to murder Hong Kong citizens”.
Some of them also covered their right eye with gauze to show their frustrations over the injury that a female anti-government protester suffered in Tsim Sha Tsui on Sunday, allegedly caused by a beanbag round shot by police. She was being treated at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and a source said her condition was stable.