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PRIORITY HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PRIORITY HONG KONG TEL. NO. 4 TO PEKING 7 JANUARY 1970
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ADDRESSED PEKING AS MYTEL. NO. 4 OF 7TH JANUARY RFI FCO.
YOUR TELEGRAMS 10 AND 11. DEATH OF TANG CHUEN.
Mr
THE INQUEST HAS NOT YET BEEN CONDUCTED BUT IT IS HOPED THAT
IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO HOLD IT WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. IN THE
MEANTIME THE FOLLOWING IS AN OUTLINE OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY:-
(A) TANG WAS ADMITTED TO STANLEY PRISON HOSPITAL ON 8TH DECEMBER,
HAVING PREVIOUSLY NO HISTORY OF ILLNESS OR MEDICAL TREATMENT
DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT.
(B) AT THE TIME OF THE ADMISSION HE HAD APPARANTLY HAD SYMPTOMS
INDICATIVE OF INFECTIVE HEPATITIS FOR ABOUT 3 5 DAYS WHICH
HE HAD NOT HITHERTO REPORTED.
(C) HE WAS GIVEN NORMAL TREATMENT OF GLUCOSE DRINKS, ORANGES,
CONJEE, MILK, BREAD AND B COMPLEX BUT SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT.
D) ON 17TH DECEMBER DESPITE THIS TREATMENT HE SHOWED MORE
SERIOUS SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH JAUNDICE AND SOME EVIDENCE
OF SEVERE LIVER DAMAGE. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL
ON 20TH DECEMBER BUT HIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE
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AND HE DIED ON 29TH DECEMBER.
(E) THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE WHICH SUGGESTS THE PRESENCE OF
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER, WHICH WHEN HEPATITIS IS SUPERIMPOSED
IS NORMALLY GRAVE. THE PROVISIONAL CAUSE OF DEATH RECORDED
IN THE POST MORTEM EXAMINATION WAS CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER WITH
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- 7 JAN 1970
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