SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1980
ENDOSCOPIC UNIT SET UP IN QMH
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AN ENDOSCOPIC UNIT HAS BEEN SET UP IN QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, PROVIDING CENTRALISED FACILITIES FOR INVESTIGATION OF DISEASES OF THE LOWER AND UPPER INTESTINAL TRACT.
IT IS THE FIRST SUCH UNIT TO BE ESTABLISHED IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS RENDERING SERVICE ON A 24-HOUR BASIS FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATIONS.
ENDOSCOPY IS AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTERIOR OF A CANAL OR HOLLOW VISCUS BY USING AN ENDOSCOPE TO DETECT TUMOURS OR OTHER FOREIGN BODIES IN THE INTERNAL ORGANS.
THE UNIT, WHICH IS TO BE RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WILL ALSO OFFER TRAINING FOR STAFF WHO MAY BE ENGAGED IN DOING SIMILAR WORK IN OTHER GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS.
THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ENDOSCOPIC UNIT ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 28).
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SENT REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE ENDOSCOPIC UNIT AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 28) AT 3.30 PM. THE CEREMONY, TO BE OFFICIATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, WILL BE HELD IN THE NEW HOUSE OFFICERS CANTEEN, ADJACENT TO THE CASUALTY DEPARTMENT OF THE HOSPITAL. AFTER THE CEREMONY, PRESS REPRESENTATIVES CAN TOUR THE UNIT WHERE MEDICAL STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO EXPLAIN ITS WORK.
DRIVING FAST AND PEDESTRIAN NEGLIGENCE CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
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DRIVING FAST AND CARELESSLY AND PEDESTRIAN NEGLIGENCE ATE TWO MAIN CAUSES OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE DISTRICT INSPECTION OF NEW TERRITORIES SCHOOLS ROAD SAFETY PATROLS AT YUEN LONG STADIUM,
+THE SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY PATROLS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO MUCH ABOUT THE FIRST CAUSE BUT IN TWO WAYS YOU CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ARISING FROM THE SECOND CAUSE.
+FIRSTLY, THROUGH THE TRAINING WHICH YOU RECEIVE, YOU BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ROAD SAFETY AND OF THE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES THERE MAY BE OF IGNORING IT. IM RULES.
/+THIS AARENESS