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Friday, January 4, 1974
MORE FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS INTEGRATED
The Medical and Health Department has launched the second phase
of a plan to integrate family planning services into its maternal and
child health programme
With the implementation of this phase, which began last Wednesday,
a total of 10 clinics are now operating. This is an increase of six
from the four government clinics which began to offer family planning
services last October.
A spokesman for the department said today the 10 clinics would
be followed by others until all family planning clinics now operated by
the Family Planning Association in government institutions were completely
integrated into the government's maternal and child health programme.
But the F.P.A. would continue to play an active role in family
planning in areas not served by the government.
Eligible mothers may make use of the family planning services
in the 10 clinics. The cost is only $1 a visit.
The spokesman said work in connection with the integration had
proceeded smoothly since October, thanks to the devotion and enthusias of
the staff.
This could be seen by the fact that new cases, old cases and
total attendances had all shown increasing trends between October 1 - when
the first four family planning clinics in the maternal and child health
centres in Central, Kennedy Town, Chai Wan and Kowloon City were opened to
the public - and December 31, when the first phase of the integration programme
was completed,
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