Police called after sample of tissue from woman’s breast goes missing from Hong Kong hospital

A sample of tissue from a woman’s breast has gone missing from North District Hospital in Sheung Shui, prompting the facility to report the incident to police.

The 59-year-old woman underwent a lumpectomy on her left breast at the public hospital at about 5pm on Friday, a hospital spokesman said. She had been found to have an atypical ductal hyperplasia – a benign lesion of the breast that indicates an increased risk of breast cancer.