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AdvertisementHong Kong healthcare and hospitalsHong KongHealth & EnvironmentDoctor to the stars cleared over failure to record reason for using labour drugDr Liang Shuk-tak was accused of failing to properly record fetal head position, pelvis shape, and the reason for administering a labour drug in 2017
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenFiona SunPublished: 10:38pm, 19 Aug 2026Updated: 10:50pm, 19 Aug 2026An obstetrician to the stars has been cleared of professional misconduct by Hong Kong’s medical watchdog over allegations she failed to properly record why she administered a labour-inducing drug to a patient who said the procedure left her traumatised.
Dr Liang Shuk-tak, who reportedly had delivered babies for actresses Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia and Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi, and Olympic diving champion Guo Jingjing, was accused of failing to “properly document” the fetal head position, maternal pelvis shape or size, and the reason for administering Syntocinon to the patient in the medical record in 2..

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