A Hong Kong medical school has pledged to strengthen measures to uphold professional conduct after an exchange student was found to have posted a photo on social media taken inside an operating theatre, with the hospital involved slamming the “inappropriate” behaviour.
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The remarks on Saturday by the faculty of medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) came after internet users widely circulated a post on the Chinese social media platform RedNote.
The RedNote account holder claimed to have completed a six-week internship at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin and uploaded several photos.
One image partially showed people dressed in surgical gowns and some equipment, along with a caption in Chinese that said: “Surgery in progress. Can only photograph the floor.”
Other photos showed a staff card and colleagues.
The university confirmed that the exchange student had completed a short-term programme and had already left the faculty and Prince of Wales, a teaching hospital for CUHK.