Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam leaves hospital with fractured elbow after falling down stairs at official residence


Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor left Queen Mary Hospital at about 9am on Tuesday after suffering an elbow fracture in a fall at her official residence.

A government source said Lam had fallen down the stairs at Government House around dinner time on Monday night, describing the injury as “not very serious” despite the minor fracture.

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