Patient who needed soft food dies after choking on regular meal at public hospital

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A Hong Kong patient died after suffering a heart attack when he was fed a regular meal instead of the required soft food and choked at Prince of Wales Hospital.The public hospital in Sha Tin issued a public apology on Friday and said it had appointed an eight-person panel to look into the blunder.A report, along with recommendations for improvement measures, is expected in eight weeks.The 54-year-old male patient was admitted to hospital on Wednesday morning “due to deteriorated mental...