Hong Kong medical workers on Friday expressed outrage over the arrests this week of a number of colleagues at a university campus occupied by pro-democracy protesters, and called on the government to allow them to do their jobs. Darren Mann, a city doctor, said that he and other medical workers had volunteered Sunday to treat injuries at the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), which saw fiery clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters. When police that night declared that anyone on the campus was subject to arrest for rioting, those detained included teams of medical workers — even though many wore vests clearly identifying themselves as first-aid personnel.
