{
  "id": 18302838,
  "title": "Hong Kong medical watchdog to hold by-election after member quits over conflict risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/hong-kong-medical-watchdog-to-hold-by-election-after-member-quits",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T11:55:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3373427/hong-kong-medical-watchdog-hold-election-after-member-quits-over-conflict-risk"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hong Kong’s medical watchdog will hold a by-election after a prominent patients’ rights advocate resigned over concerns that his plan to represent the father of a girl who died after an alleged medical blunder at her inquest could create a conflict of interest. The Medical Council announced on Thursday that it will process matters related to the by-election for the vacancy created by the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}