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+DISPOSABLE+ AND +REUSABLE+ KIDNEY
MACHINES EQUALLY EFFICIENT
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THE KIDNEY MACHINES AT THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL AND THOSE AT THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL ARE EQUALLY EFFICIENT IN THAT THEY ARE PERFORMING THEIR FUNCTIONS EFFECTIVELY AS ARTIFICIAL KIDNEYS FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE PUT ON THEM, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. THE HON. K.L. THONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. WONG LAM, DR. THONG SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO TYPES OF KIDNEY MACHINES IN USE IN THE TWO HOSPITALS.
+THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES IS THAT ONE HAS DIALYSERS, I.E. THE ELEMENT WHICH ACTS AS THE ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY IN THE MACHINE, WHICH IS DISPOSABLE, WHILE IN THE OTHER THE DIALYSER IS REUSABLE,+ HE EXPLAINED.
IN THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL BOTH THE DISPOSABLE AND THE REUSABLE TYPES ARE BEING USED WHILE IN THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL THE REUSABLE TYPES ARE IN OPERATION.
DR. THONG ADDED THAT IN DECIDING ON THE PARTICULAR TYPE OF MACHINES TO BE USED IN A KIDNEY UNIT, FACTORS SUCH AS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MACHINE, THEIR RUNNING COST, AS WELL AS THE PROFESSIONAL PREFERENCE OF THE DOCTORS CONCERNED ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
GOVERNMENT REVIEWING PERMITTED TEACHERS QUALIFICATION
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN A REVIEW OF THE ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO THE ISSUE OF TEACHING PERMITS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON. KENNETH TOPLEY TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY REV. THE HON. JOYCE BENNETT. MISS BENNETT HAS ASKED WOULD THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDER RAISING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION OF FUTURE PERMITTED TEACHERS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF EDUCATION IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS SO THAT TEACHERS WHOSE SOLE QUALIFICATION IS FORM V COULD ONLY TEACH IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, THOSE WHOSE HIGHEST QUALIFICATION IS FORM VI COULD ONLY TEACH UP TO FORM 1-FT, AND THOSE WHOSE HIGHEST QUALIFICATION IS FORM VII COULD ONLY TEACH UP TO FORM V.
MR. TOPLEY REPLIED THAT THE SUGGESTION MADE BY MISS BENNETT WOULD BE CONSIDERED.
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