DH completes investigation into Serious Untoward Event involving "Heal Fertility Limited"

The Department of Health (DH) announced today (September 4) that it has completed its investigation into the Serious Untoward Event that occurred at "Heal Fertility Limited", a day procedure centre (DPC) in Central, in accordance with the Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (Cap. 633) (the Ordinance). As directed by the DH, the DPC has implemented a series of improvement measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents and ensure strict compliance in the future with the Code of Practice for Day Procedure Centres (Code of Practice) under the Ordinance, which requires reporting any Serious Untoward Events to the DH within 24 hours of identification. In early July, the DH revealed that the DPC had breached the Code of Practice by failing to report to the DH within the stipulated timeframe after identifying an error in the embryo biopsy specimens sent for laboratory testing. Upon learning of the incident, the DH immediately deployed staff to the DPC to investigate and instructed the person-in-charge of the DPC to submit an investigation report within four weeks. The DPC was also required to implement a series of improvement measures, including immediately suspending the acce