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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1979
MEDICAL AND WELFARE SERVICES AT TAI O ADEQUATE
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THE MEDICAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AVAILABLE AT TAI O ARE ADEQUATE, CONSIDERING THE SMALL SIZE OF ITS POPULATION, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON. E.P. HO SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION RAISED BY DR. THE HON. HO KAM FAI, MR. HO SAID THAT THE TAI O JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC PROVIDED GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING HAVING A DOCTOR ON CALL ROUND THE CLOCK.
MR. HO ADDED THAT A 15-BED MATERNITY HOME WAS ATTACHED TO THE CLINIC AND THAT FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES AND EMERGENCY DENTAL TREATMENT WERE ALSO AVAILABLE ON A PART-TIME BASIS.
+FOR EMERGENCY CASES REQUIRING HOSPITAL TREATMENT THERE ARE STANDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR PATIENTS TO BE SENT BY HELICOPTER OR POLICE LAUNCH TO ONE OF OUR MAJOR REGIONAL HOSPITALS, HE SAID.
ON SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES, MR. HO NOTED THAT STAFF OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT VISITED TAI O EACH WEEK TO RECEIVE AND PROCESS APPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND TO DEAL WITH OTHER SOCIAL WELFARE ENQUIRIES.
+CASES REQUIRING DETAILED ATTENTION ARE REFERRED TO THE APPROPRIATE SECTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, AND BY THE LOCAL SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE DISTRICT YOUTH AND RECREATION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR. HO SAID.
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