Patients and families condemn Hong Kong medical strike


People who suffered because of the five-day strike staged by medical employees in early February speaking out on Feb 19. - China Daily/ANN

HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): People who suffered because of the five-day strike staged by medical employees in early February spoke out on Wednesday (Feb 19) — some angry and in tears — as they recalled the problems and inconvenience the industrial action caused them.

An anonymous patient said he was livid when the hospital told him a screening test for a tumour in his body scheduled for mid-February had to be rescheduled for May because of the strike by medical workers.

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