Four-year-old Hong Kong girl’s ‘rare’ cardiac arrest after receiving stitches sparks hospital probe

Medical experts are looking into what caused a four-year-old girl to suffer a cardiac arrest after she received stitches for a head wound, Hong Kong hospital authorities have said.

Dr Desmond Nguyen, deputising chief executive of Kowloon West hospitals, described the incident as “rare” but said he had asked medical experts to find out why the girl fell unconscious and why her heart stopped after Saturday’s procedure, leaving her in a critical condition.