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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1983
IMMEDIATE SURGICAL ATTENTION TO THE EYES AND A LONG STAY IN HOSPITAL WITH TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE OPERATIONS MAY SAVE A DEGREE OF SIGHT.
SUCH WINDSCREEN INJURIES TO THE EYES COULD BE PREVENTED IF THE PERSONS CONCERNED WORE SEAT BELTS.
+REPAIR OF THE EYE IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THESE INJURIES+, SAID DR LIU. +AN ACCIDENT LIKE THIS REQUIRES AN AWFUL LOT OF RESOURCES FROM US AND THE RESULT MOST OF THE TIME IS NOT VERY REWARDING.+
AS HE SPOKE, A CROWDED WAITING ROOM WAS FILLED WITH PATIENTS WAITING FOR APPOINTMENTS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EYE CONDITIONS. TREATMENT FOR THESE PATIENTS CAN BE DELAYED BY THE HEAVY DEMANDS THAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENT PATIENTS MAKE ON SCARCE MEDICAL RESOURCES.
+AND THESE PATIENTS COULD HAVE AVOIDED THEIR PROBLEMS IN MOST CASES BY THE SIMPLE ACT OF WEARING A SEAT BELT+, DR LIU SAID.
THE VERY NATURE OF GLASS MAKES IT SOMETHING OF A NIGHTMARE TO DEAL WITH WHEN IT IS SMASHED INTO THE DELICATE TISSUE OF THE EYE.
BEING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE, DOCTORS HAVE GREAT PROBLEMS IN ENSURING THAT EVERY MINUTE SLIVER IS REMOVED.
METALLIC FRAGMENTS CAN BE LOCATED WITH THE HELP OF SURGICAL MAGNETS, BUT THESE ARE USELESS WHERE GLASS IS INVOLVED.
+THE PROGNOSIS, OR CHANCE OF RECOVERY, FOR WINDSCREEN INJURY IS VERY POOR,+ SAID DR LIU. AND THE DAMAGE IS USUALLY VERY EXTENSIVE.+
IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, WHERE A PERSON HAS NOT BEEN WEARING A SEAT BELT, THE INJURY TO THE EYES MAY ONLY CONSTITUTE PART OF SERIOUS OVERALL PROBLEMS WITH DOCTORS BATTLING TO MAINTAIN LIFE AND REPAIR LIMBS AS WELL.
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A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID, WHY GAMBLE WITH YOUR SIGHT? WEAR A SEAT BELT.+
SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND READY SOON
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST STANDARD SPORTS GROUND IN SHA TIN IS PROGRESSING STEADILY AND THE COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO BE READY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR.
THE $25-MILLION SHA TIN SPORTS GROUND SHOULD PROVE POPULAR WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEW TOWN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID,
THE SPORTS GROUND OCCUPIES A 3.2-HECTARE SITE ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF SHING MUN RIVER OPPOSITE WO CHE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WHERE A SERIES OF MODERN RECREATIONAL FACILITIES HAVE BEEN BUILT.
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