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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1980
RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE GETS ROYAL VISIT
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HRH PRINCESS ALEXANDRA, WHO IS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH RED CROSS, TODAY (SATURDAY) HAD A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AT THE HONG KONG RED CROSS TEMPORARY TRANSIT CENTRE AT KAI TAK.
ON ARRIVAL AT THE CENTRE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, PRESENTED THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, SIR RUN RUN SHAW TO THE PRINCESS.
SIR RUN RUN THEN PRESENTED THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG RED CROSS, MRS HENRY WONG- THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRANSIT CENTRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, LT-COL P..B. SCOTT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF REFUGEE SERVICES, HR BRIAN WARD, AND THE CENTRE MANAGER, MR HENRY LOKE TO HRH.
ALSO PRESENTED WERE THE MEDICAL OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, DR HELEN BROWN AND THE SENIOR NURSING OFFICER, SISTER HELEN COOKSON.
THE PRINCESS AND THE HON ANGUS OGILVY THEN TOURED THE CENTRE. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN THE WORK OF THE CENTRE AND OVERSTAYED HER SCHEDULED VISIT BY NEARLY HALF AN HOUR DURING WHICH SHE CHATTED WITH MANY OF THE PATIENTS IN THE CENTRE.
THE PRINCESS WAS TOLD THE CENTRE WAS OPENED LAST DECEMBER, HAS A PRE-NATAL AND A FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC AND PLANS ARE BEING MADE TO ADD A DENTAL CLINIC.
THE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTRE, WHICH FORMERLY PROVIDED THE MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION, KAI TAK, RECEIVES A DAILY AVERAGE OF 100 IN-PATIENTS AND OUT-PATIENTS.
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PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WAS TOLD THAT CONVALESCENT AND MATERNITY CASES AND PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM MINOR AILMENTS WERE GIVEN MEDICAL TREATMENT WHILE SERIOUS CASES OR THOSE WHICH REQUIRE SURGERY ARE REFERRED TO GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS.
AT PRESENT, THE CENTRE IS STAFFED BY TWO MEDICAL OFFICERS FROM BRITAIN AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF NURSING PERSONNEL RECRUITED IN HONG KONG.
AFTER LEAVING THE CENTRE, PRINCESS ALEXANDRA BRIEFLY STOPPED AT ONE OF THE NEARBY HUTS TO SEE THE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE REFUGEES.
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