Man Takes Saliva Sample Box And Puts It In Car Park

Tseung Kwan O Hospital says a collection box, containing deep throat saliva specimens, went missing from outside the general out-patient clinic on Po Ning Road on Thursday afternoon.

After checking CCTV footage, staff noticed that the box, which was located outside the clinic, had been taken by an elderly man, who had just been in the building to collect his medicine.

Staff contacted the police and then called the man, who said he had taken the box and left it at Hau Tak Estate car park. Police later recovered the box.

The clinic says it will call members of the public, whose samples were inside, so they can give new specimens. The clinic said it would review its security measures and it apologised for any inconvenience caused.