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The volunteers come from all walks of life and include doctors, nurses, pharmacists and paramedics. All are qualified Disaster Medical Assistants. The cadets, aged 12 to 17, receive training in discipline and medical skills to develop self-discipline and a sense of responsibility.
During weekends and public holidays, the department deploys members at first aid stations in country parks and along cycling tracks, and assigns First Aid Bicycle Teams to cycling tracks in the New Territories. It also runs programmes on first aid at schools and gives talks to the public on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other health topics.
Websites
AIDS hotline website: www.27802211.com
Auxiliary Medical Service: www.ams.gov.hk
Centre for Health Protection: www.chp.gov.hk
Cervical Screening Programme: www.cervicalscreening.gov.hk
Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme: www.colonscreen.gov.hk Department of Health: www.dh.gov.hk
eHealth Record Office: www.eHealth.gov.hk
Family Health Service: www.fhs.gov.hk
Food and Health Bureau: www.fhb.gov.hk
Gay men HIV information website: www.21171069.com
Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health: www.smokefree.hk
Hospital Authority: www.ha.org.hk
Oral Health Education Unit: www.toothclub.gov.hk
Organ Donation: www.organdonation.gov.hk
Red Ribbon Centre: www.rrc.gov.hk
School Dental Care Service: www.schooldental.gov.hk
Travel Health Service: www.travelhealth.gov.hk
Vaccination Schemes: www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/17980.html Virtual AIDS Office: www.aids.gov.hk
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