KƆIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1974
FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS FOR ELDERLY
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SOME 200 ELDERLY PEOPLE, AGED 60 AND ABOVE, LIVING IN SAU MAU PING ESTATE (SOUTH) ARE TO BE GIVEN FREE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS IN A SPECIAL PROJECT ORGANIZED BY FOUR WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ESTATE.
THE MEDICAL CHECK-UPS WILL BE HELD THIS WEEK BEGINNING TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT THE SAU MAU PING (SOUTH) ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING AND AT VARIOUS CLINICS IN THE DISTRICT.
BEFORE THE ELDERLY SEE THE DOCTORS, HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE GIVEN A TALK ON MEDICAL AND HEALTH MATTERS AND WILL ALSO BE SHOUN A FILM ON HEALTH. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 P.N. TOMORROW IN THE HALL OF THE ESTATE'S WELFARE BUILDING.
THE ORGANIZERS OF THIS HEALTH PROGRAMME FOR THE AGED ARE THE SAU MAU PING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE, THE CHINESE Y.M.C.A. SAU MAU PING CENTRE, THE KINDNESS DAY NURSERY, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE IN THE ESTATE VELFARE DUILDING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ORGANIZERS SAID THAT APART FROM LOCAL WELFARE AGENCIES MANY PRIVATE DOCTORS AND NURSES WILL ALSO BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT AND IT WAS GRATIFYING TO NOTE THAT THEY WERE SO WILLING TO OFFER THEIR SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE. ALSO ASSISTING IN THE PROJECT ARE STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS.
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