Following the revelation of the ceiling incidents in Kwai Chung Hospital, the Castle Peak Hospital, and the United Christian Hospital in Hong Kong in November 2022, another ceiling collapse was reported in Kwai Chung Hospital on March 7.
Just as the Hong Kong Hospital Authority announced the establishment of a special committee to review medical facilities, safety, and maintenance in public hospitals, and the public thought they could rest easy, a second ceiling collapse occurred at Kwai Chung Hospital.
Dr. Tony Ko Pat Sing, Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital Authority, announced that the authority had received a report at about 3 a.m. on March 8 that a ceiling collapsed in a ward at Kwai Chung Hospital. Concrete fell from above and damaged furniture and computer equipment in the patient ward….