Felice Lieh-Mak
Felice Lieh–Mak is a Hong Kong physician and psychiatrist, born on 10 August 1941 in the Philippines. She studied at the University of Santo Tomas and trained in psychiatry in London before joining the University of Hong Kong in 1978. She became an emeritus professor at HKU.
She has held many public roles, including member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (1991–1992), member of the Executive Council, chair of the Medical Council, and chair of the English Schools Foundation. She has also served as president of the World Psychiatric Association and as an adviser to the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
Lieh–Mak was the psychiatrist for Leslie Cheung, a famous Hong Kong singer who suffered from depression and died by suicide. Cheung left a note thanking her among others; Lieh–Mak has not publicly commented on the case.
Her career has included controversial moments. She was involved in a case about the removal of medical equipment after a patient’s death, and she maintained that the needle used for electroconvulsive therapy was placed and removed by a technician, not by her, a position that conflicted with a verdict she issued as chair of a Medical Council Inquiry. In 2018, as chair of the Medical Council Inquiry, she presided over a case in which a doctor was found guilty of medical misconduct for failing to supervise staff during a procedure, even though the doctor was not directly involved.
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