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Deputy Director of Social Welfare, Lam Ka-tai, coma in the intensive care unit in Wan Chai office

2021-01-20T06:37:33.217Z


At about 8 am today (20th), a man in an office at Wu Chung Building in Wan Chai fainted. A colleague found out that he was immediately policed. The 59-year-old victim surnamed Lin was unconscious and was rushed to Ruttonjee Hospital by ambulance. The victim is society


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Written by: Peng Kaixin, Huang Weimin, Chen Leilei, Guo Qianwen, Deng Jiaqi

2021-01-20 12:13

Last update date: 2021-01-20 14:30

At about 8 am today (20th), a man in an office at Wu Chung Building in Wan Chai fainted. A colleague found out that he was immediately policed. The 59-year-old victim surnamed Lin was unconscious and was rushed to Ruttonjee Hospital by ambulance.

The victim was Lam Jiatai, Deputy Director (Service) of the Social Welfare Department. He was working in the head office of the Social Welfare Department on the 8th floor of Hu Zhong Building.

It is reported that Lin suspected a brainstem stroke and is currently in the intensive care unit.

Nearly 2 o'clock at noon, a church member who called himself Lin was waiting outside the ward.

A spokesperson for the Social Welfare Department replied that at about 8 a.m. this morning, the Deputy Director (Service) Lin Jiatai of the Social Welfare Department was found unconscious in the office by a colleague. The staff of the Department immediately called the police and an ambulance arrived and sent him to the hospital for treatment. I am very concerned about the situation of the deputy director and have immediately contacted his family and will provide appropriate assistance.

Regarding the medical condition and physical condition of the deputy director concerned, it is inconvenient for the department to provide it due to personal privacy.

Lin Jiatai has served the Social Welfare Department for more than 30 years. He joined the Social Welfare Department in July 1987.

In March last year, when the new crown pneumonia struck Hong Kong, there was a shortage of masks in Hong Kong. At that time, Lin Jiatai stated that a total of 1 million masks were distributed to 1,280 residential care service units for staff use.

Later, he and the Chief Executive Carrie Lam went to the Hong Kong Federation of Parents of the Mentally Handicapped and the Association for the Advancement of Intellectually Handicapped People to visit and present masks.

The Deputy Director of Social Welfare, Lam Jiatai (pictured first on the right) fainted in the Wan Chai office.

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