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3 Experts Leave as Wave of Resignation Sweeps HKU Microbiology Department
A wave of resignation is happening in the Microbiology department of the University of Hong Kong. According to a source, eight clinical professors and three senior experts for research, clinical study and teaching have already resigned, constituting to about 40% of the total clinical staff, including former and current department head Susanna Lau Kar-Pui and Patrick Woo Chin-yung, and Samson Wong Sai-yin, assistant professor.
The three experts resigned were students of Yuen Kwok-yung, with Susanna Lau Sai-yin and Patrick Woo Chin-yung had participated in research on new and emerging infectious and participated in the research study of SARS, etc.
At the early stage of an epidemic outbreak, 400 doctors from the Hong Kong West cluster held a petition to request the government to close the border. One of the cosigners was Susanna Wong.
Due to the shortage of manpower, Yuen Kowk-yung, chair professor of microbiology department, has requested to stop services in Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong and hospital in Shenzhen.
Source: Ming Pao
#Jul20 #Microbiology #HKU #Resignation
3 Experts Leave as Wave of Resignation Sweeps HKU Microbiology Department
A wave of resignation is happening in the Microbiology department of the University of Hong Kong. According to a source, eight clinical professors and three senior experts for research, clinical study and teaching have already resigned, constituting to about 40% of the total clinical staff, including former and current department head Susanna Lau Kar-Pui and Patrick Woo Chin-yung, and Samson Wong Sai-yin, assistant professor.
The three experts resigned were students of Yuen Kwok-yung, with Susanna Lau Sai-yin and Patrick Woo Chin-yung had participated in research on new and emerging infectious and participated in the research study of SARS, etc.
At the early stage of an epidemic outbreak, 400 doctors from the Hong Kong West cluster held a petition to request the government to close the border. One of the cosigners was Susanna Wong.
Due to the shortage of manpower, Yuen Kowk-yung, chair professor of microbiology department, has requested to stop services in Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong and hospital in Shenzhen.
Source: Ming Pao
#Jul20 #Microbiology #HKU #Resignation
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