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Hong Kong University Apologizes After 254 Dental Patients Put At Risk Of HIV & Hepatitis

October 15, 2019
by South China Morning Post

Hundreds of people who received treatment at the University of Hong Kong’s dental clinic with equipment that had not been properly sanitized have been given a public apology by the university’s council chairman, Dr Leong Che-hung.

The university has already contacted 237 of the 254 affected patients to have their blood tested. One hundred and forty-eight already had had their blood tested as of yesterday afternoon, a university spokeswoman said.

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