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Hong Kong doctor acquitted 15 years after complaint as watchdog drops case

A Hong Kong ophthalmologist has been cleared of professional misconduct after the cityโ€™s medical watchdog decided to offer no evidence against him, 15 years after a complaint was lodged over his handling of laser eye surgery procedures. The three disciplinary charges against Dr Yiu Man-kit stemmed from a complaint submitted in 2011 by a patient, Chan Man-chi, over a bilateral Lasik surgery performed on her in May 2010 and a subsequent keratectomy on her right eye in September that year. Yiu had...

South Korea woman acquitted of murdering newborn after hospital delivery

The woman, who had wanted to end her pregnancy at 36 weeks, gave birth to a baby who doctors later killed.