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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2", 1976
+DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADDICTS REQUIRE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREATMENT AND NO ONE METHOD IS UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE,+ HE SAID.
DR. CHAN POINTED OUT THAT SUCCESS OF ANY TREATMENT PROGRAMME FOR DRUG ADDICTS COULD NOT BE MEASURED BY SO-CALLED +CURE RATE+ ALONE, BECAUSE THE WORD +CURE+ WAS TOO RESTRICTIVE AND UNREALISTIC FOR ASSESSING THE RESULTS.
ALL PROGRAMMES, HE EXPLAINED, SHOULD BE KEPT OPEN FOR AS LONG AS THEY WERE IN DEMAND, AND SUCCESS WAS MEASURED BY THE NUMBER OF ADDICTS ATTENDING RATHER THAN THE NUMBER CURED,
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SIMILARLY, HE CONTINUED, A HIGH RELAPSE RATE DID NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE FAILURE OF THE PROGRAMME.
+ THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT SHOULD AN ADDICT ASK FOR A SECOND OR EVEN A THIRD OR FOURTH CHANCE, HE WILL BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE READILY, HE ADDED.
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SIX OUT-PATIENT CLINICS REMAIN OPEN DURING HOLIDAYS
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SIX CUT-PATIENT CLINICS WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THE CHRISTYÁS HOLIDAYS, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
THE CLINICS WILL OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.. CH THREE DAYS BEGINNING ON DECEMBER 25.
THEY ARE THE VICLET PEEL POLYCLINIC AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC IN SHAU KEI AM ON HONG KONG ISLAND TO JOCKEY CLUB CLINICS AT KWUN TONG AND YAU MA TEI AND THE -ROBERT BLACK HEALTH CENTRE IN KOWLOON AND THE LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC I TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTYENT SAID THAT APART FROM THE SIX CLINICS, ALL OTHER GOVERMENT CLINICS AND EVENING CLINICS WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
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