Hong Kong watchdog says 458 complaints filed against clinic amid closure concerns

A doctor who worked full time at the Alliance Medical Group in Hong Kong has said the company’s sudden apparent closure followed months of financial instability, leaving him with unpaid wages of up to HK$800,000 (US$103,190) and causing anxiety for patients over ongoing treatment.

The doctor, who spoke to the Post on Saturday on condition of anonymity, said concerns about the financial health of the business began to surface in February.

“Their payments have been delayed for a very long time,” the doctor said, adding the group owed him about HK$500,000 to HK$800,000.

“Occasionally, some drug and equipment companies would send invoices that had not been paid, and my nurses would constantly ask me about them,” said the doctor, who had been working full time at the group’s clinic in Tsim Sha Tsui for nearly a decade.

“I felt these were early signs that things were not going well.”

The government set up an interdepartmental task force to handle the matter on Friday, the same day customers discovered the company’s two clinics in Tsim Sha Tsui and Sha Tin had shut without warning.

The clinics were popular with parents for their vaccination packages for children.