Police arrested 1 male and 2 female staff of a nursing home in Kwun Tong on suspicion of inappropriately feeding a 79-year-old male resident. The male resident was later admitted to the hospital with breathing difficulties. .
It is understood that the nursing home involved is called Qinghua Nursing Home, and the deceased old man is a long-term patient.
The nursing home made a video earlier to explain the feeding situation to the old man's family. In the film, the staff fed the old man several times, but the old man spat out the food. After that, the staff suspected that the food was fed to the old man "in the team".
After watching the clip, the family thought that the feeding process of the staff was rough and called the police on the 19th.
The police said that they received a report from a woman on January 19, alleging that her 79-year-old husband surnamed Fung was inappropriately fed by staff in an elderly home in Kwun Tong District. The man suffered from breathing difficulties on January 11. , was taken to United Hospital for treatment, but his condition deteriorated and he passed away this morning.
Police arrested a 65-year-old male staff member and two 55-year-old and 66-year-old female staff members in Kwun Tong yesterday (20th).
The case is temporarily classified as intentional wounding and is being investigated by the Kowloon East Regional Crime Squad.
Police are arranging an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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