

SENTINEL EVENT REGISTRATION
After examining the information provided by the hospital, DH considered there was no evidence of noncompliance with the applicable requirements, including the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap.633), Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Maternity Homes Registration Ordinance (Cap.165), and the relevant Code of Practice in respect of accommodation, staffing or equipment, which contributed to the happening of the event.

The hospital has submitted the investigation report to DH. The DH initiated investigation immediately and requested the hospital to submit an investigation report in four weeks. The DH received notification of a sentinel event from a private hospital on 3 March 2022 involving retention of foreign body suspected to be a retained surgical item in a 39-year-old female patient who had undergone laparoscopic surgery at the hospital in 2014. After examining the information provided by the hospital, the DH considered there was no evidence of non-compliance with the requirements of the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap.633) or the Code of Practice for Private Hospitals in respect of accommodation, staffing or equipment, which contributed to the happening of the event.

The hospitals have submitted the investigation report to DH. The event involved a maternal death of a 39-year-old female who had undergone vaginal delivery at the Hospital on 13 January 2022. The DH received notification of a sentinel event from a private hospital on 14 January 2022. Summary of Sentinel Event in January 2022:
