MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1975.
IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL FACILITIES IN SAI KUNG
RURAL COMMITTEE DONATES AMBULANCE TO AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE
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THE RURAL COMMITTEE OF SAI KUNG IS TO DONATE AN AMBULANCE TO THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE LATER THIS MONTH A GESTURE WHICH WILL CONSIDERABLY IMPROVE MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE AREA DURING AN EMERGENCY.
THE GIFT WILL NOT REPLACE EXISTING AMBULANCE SERVICES ALREADY PROVIDED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUT WILL AUGMENT PRESENT FACILITIES.
THE AMBULANCE WILL BE MANNED AND USED BY FULLY-TRAINED MEMBERS OF THE AMS. IT WILL BE BASED IN THE COMPOUND OF THE SAI KUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, AND HAS AN OXYGEN APPARATUS, RESUSCITA- TION EQUIPMENT, FIRST-AID AND CASUALTY ACCESSORIES.
+THE GIFT IS A TRANSIT VAN, CONVERTED TO ACCOMMODATE ONE STRETCHER, FOUR SITTING PATIENTS, PLUS A NORMAL CREW OF TWO AMS MEMBERS AND A DRIVER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE SAID TODAY,
+ IT IS BEING PRESENTED TO US BY THE RURAL COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT FEELS THAT AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE WILL BE OF GREAT VALUE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
+WE ENTIRELY AGREE WITH THIS VIEW, BECAUSE THE POPULATION IN THE SAI KUNG AREA IS GROWING, AND THE DISTRICT IS POPULAR WITH URBAN RESIDENTS ON WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.+
THE AMS SUB-UNIT IN SAI KUNG NOW NUMBERS 82. RECRUITMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL 40 TO 50 MEMBERS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, IS ENVISAGED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 PM IN THE RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE AT SAI KUNG ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25. DR. RAYMOND MOK, DEPUTY UNIT CONTROLLER, AMS, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL ACCEPT THE KEY TO THE AMBULANCE ON BEHALF OF DR. GERALD CHOA, CONTROLLER OF THE A.M.S.
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