Fei Fei tucks into noodles after scare
Nickkita Lau
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Actress Lydia Shum Din-ha can sit up in bed and feed herself, 24
hours after being admitted to an intensive care ward, her doctor
and daughter said on Friday.
Transplant expert Lo Chung-mau said the actress, popularly known as
"Fei Fei," is able to sit up straight.
Shum's daughter Joyce Cheng Yan- yee returned to Queen Mary
Hospital around noon and said on her departure her mother was in
better spirits.
"She talked to us and ate some noodles," Cheng said.
Cheng said she is not sure if Shum's collapse at her home on
Thursday was in any way related to the hairy crabs she had eaten
recently.
Reports appearing in several newspapers indicated Shum had six
hairy crabs a few days ago despite a strict diet ordered by her
doctor.
In a Commercial Radio program, Shum's friend, actress Deborah Dik -
the mother of pop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung - accused the media
of impeding Shum's treatment and urged reporters to stop hassling
the 20-year- old Cheng.
Dik said she will not visit Shum at the hospital as there are too
many reporters waiting to pounce on visitors.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association, which has received similar
complaints, on Friday urged journalists to respect Shum's right to
treatment.
More than 100 newsmen gathered at Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary
hospitals on Thursday, forcing police to call in reinforcements to
establish order.
About half of that number of reporters were still stationed at
Queen Mary Hospital on Friday.
Shum, 60, was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a
semi-conscious state on Thursday morning after collapsing at home
in Kowloon Tong.
