Late DJ ‘Uncle Ray’ Cordeiro’s godson urges Hong Kong public hospitals to review patient handling procedures
- Andy Chow says Queen Elizabeth Hospital staff chose to insert catheter against Cordeiro’s wishes
- According to hospital spokesman, tube was inserted for ‘clinical needs’ as patient had kidney failure
Late veteran DJ “Uncle Ray” Cordeiro’s godson has urged Hong Kong’s public hospitals to review patient handling procedures after complaining about the treatment of the 98-year-old radio legend at one of the medical institutions.
Andy Chow Shun-ho, who was also Cordeiro’s former assistant, made the appeal on Monday after Queen Elizabeth Hospital apologised last Friday for poor communication with the family, but did not discuss its treatment decisions in the statement.
Chow earlier filed a complaint to the Medical Council after he was dissatisfied with the hospital’s response when he raised concerns over the treatment.
The late DJ’s family discovered he had severe oedema and bedsores when they transferred him to the private Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Centre in the New Territories last November. Cordeiro died at the facility on January 13.
Chow raised concerns about the decision of doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei to use a catheter, saying staff had inserted the tube against Cordeiro’s wishes on November 23 last year.
