FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1976
LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD, THE DIRECTOR SAID IT WAS HOPED TO BUILD AN INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY WITHIN THE HOSPITAL COMPOUND WHICH WILL SERVE AS THE NERVE CENTRE, CO-ORDINATING ALL ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG CONCERNING TREATMENT AND RESEARCH, HEALTH EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL.
ONE OF THE MAIN TASKS WHICH THE INSTITUTE WILL UNDERTAKE IS HEALTH EDUCATION WHICH, ACCORDING TO DR. CHOA, SHOULD BE PLANNED AND CONDUCTED ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING CHILDREN.
IN THIS RESPECT, HE SAID HE WOULD WELCOME CO-OPERATION WITH THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT, WHICH IS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR SAID IT WAS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO CONDUCT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN HONG KONG, FOR +WE STILL HAVE TO FIND OUT WHETHER OUR PEOPLE ARE MORE OR LESS PRONE TO HEART DISEASE THAN OTHERS, AND WHETHER THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE THE SAME OR NOT.+
HE SAID MUCH REMAINED TO BE DONE AND THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, OF WHICH HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND THE HON. Q.W. LEE THE CHAIRMAN, COULD HELP THE COMMUNITY TO HELP THEMSELVES.
ON THE PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASES, DR. CHOA REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF OBSERVING SOME SIMPLE RULES, SUCH AS GETTING BLOOD PRESSURE TREATED IF IT HAS GONE UP, NOT EATING TOO MUCH ANIMAL FATS, GIVING UP SMOKING, REDUCING WEIGHT IF IT IS ABOVE THE OPTIMUM AVERAGE, AND TAKING SOME EXERCISE REGULARLY.
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