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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1976
WIFE OF DEFENCE SECRETARY TOURS HOSPITAL,
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THE WIFE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, MRS MARJORIE MASON NOW IN HONG KONG FOR A FIVE-DAY VISIT WITH HER HUSBAND, THIS AFTERNOON TOURED THE DUCHESS OF.KENT CHILDREN'S ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL AND CONVALESCENT HOME IN SANDY BAY.
ACCOMPANIED BY LADY MACLEHOSE, THE PATRON OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF DISABLED CHILDREN WHICH RUNS THE HOSPITAL, MRS MASON WAS SHOWN ROUND THE VARIOUS UNITS OF THE ORTHOPAEDIC HOME INCLUDING THE PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT AND HYDROTHERAPY POOLS.
SHE CHATTED WITH CHILDREN UNDERGOING TREATMENT THERE AND SHOWED PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE HALO-PELVIC TRACTION TECHNIQUE DESIGNED BY THE HOSPITAL FOR CORRECTING SPINAL DEFORMITIES.
THE TECHNIQUE IS NOW WIDELY ADOPTED BY ORPHOPAEDIC SURGEONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THE HOSPITAL, WHICH ALSO OPERATES AN OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, IS FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT SUBVENTIONS AND PUBLIC DONATIONS INCLUDING FUNDS RAISED BY THE SERVICES IN HONG KONG,
ÁPART FROM CASH DONATIONS, THE ARMY ALSO BENDERS VOLUNTARY MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE LATEST EFFORT WAS MADE BY THE ROYAL MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS OF THE 50 COMMAND WORKSHOP IN HELPING THE HOSPITAL TO REPAIR ITS WHEEL CHAIRS.
MRS MASON LATER WENT TO THE OCEAN PARK IN WONG CHUK HANG FOR A TOUR OF THE $150 MILLION OCEANARIUM TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THIS SUMMER.
IN THE MORNING, MRS MASON VISITED HONG KONG'S NEWEST HOUSING ESTATE, 01 MAN ESTATE IN HOMANTIN,
ACCOMPANIED BY LADY MACLEHOSE AND THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING, .MR DONALD LIAO, MRS MASON MADE A TOUR OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX
AND MARKET AREÁS, SHE ALSO VISITED A TYPICAL FAMILY HOME.
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