Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says fractured elbow suffered in fall at her official residence could take weeks to heal
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Hong Kong’s leader is recovering at home with her right arm in a cast after spending a night in hospital for an elbow fracture that she suffered in a fall at her official residence on Monday night.
Lam, 64, revealed that she had fallen down a flight of stairs at Government House ahead of a banquet with retired colleagues.
“At first, I thought it was just an abrasion, but then my right arm became more painful and so I decided to seek treatment at Queen Mary Hospital after sending off the guests,” she wrote in a social media post on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s believed that it will take two or three weeks for recovery.”
She added that she had also undergone a brain scan and additional check-ups during her overnight stay in hospital.
“I am afraid the biggest difficulties I face now are how to put on clothes and write,” Lam wrote.
The accident was first revealed in a government statement shortly after midnight on Monday, saying the chief executive would have to stay in hospital for observation on her doctor’s advice, and that her weekly meeting with her advisers in the Executive Council on Tuesday morning would be cancelled.