
Alex Lam Chi-yau steps down to avoid a conflict of interest in the upcoming inquest into the death of Chau Tin-yu.
Patients' rights advocate Alex Lam Chi-yau has resigned from Hong Kong's Medical Council to represent the father of Chau Tin-yu at an inquest into her death following an alleged medical blunder.
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Chau Tin-yu spent four years in a vegetative state following an alleged medical blunder before her death.
A prominent patients’ rights advocate and lawyer has resigned from Hong Kong’s medical watchdog to represent the father of Chau Tin-yu at an inquest into her death, after she spent four years in a vegetative state following an alleged medical blunder.
Alex Lam Chi-yau, chairman of Hong Kong Patients’ Voices and a lay member of the Medical Council, submitted his resignation to council chairwoman Professor Grace Tang Wai-king on Wednesday amid concerns about a conflict of interest.
His resignation will take effect at 11.59pm on Thursday.
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