WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1984
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FIRST MALARIA LAB TECHNIQUE COURSE STARTS
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HONG KONG'S FIRST MALARIA LABORATORY TECHNIQUE TRAINING COURSE WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED THIS MORNING AT THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (HEALTH SERVICES AND PLANNING), DR S.H. LEE.
DR LEE SAID THAT MALARIA CONTROL IN HONG KONG DEPENDS ON EFFICIENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE THROUGH A NETWORK OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
TO BE EFFECTIVE, THIS CLINICAL SURVEILLANCE MUST BE BACKED UP BY GOOD AND EFFICIENT LABORATORY FACILITIES, DR LEE ADDED.
HE SAID THE FIRST TRAINING COURSE FOCUSES ON LABORATORY TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING THE TECHNIQUE OF BLOOD COLLECTION, STAINING AND MICROSCOPIC DIAGNOSIS.
THE 21 PARTICIPANTS OF THIS COURSE COME FROM LABORATORIES IN GOVERNMENT, SUBVENTED AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS AS WELL AS THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL.
+ THE FACILITIES IN THESE HOSPITALS WILL FORM A STRONG NETWORK OF LABORATORIES FOR THE SURVEILLANCE OF THE DISEASE,+ HE SAID.
THIS WEEK-LONG COURSE HAS BEEN FULLY SUBSCRIBED AND ANOTHER ONE HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
DR LEE SAID IT WAS INTENDED THAT COURSES ON EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VECTOR CONTROL WOULD ALSO BE ORGANISED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO).
MR JOHN STOREY, A PARASITOLOGIST ATTACHED TO THE WHO REGIONAL MALARIA ADVISORY TEAM BASED IN KUALA LUMPUR, HAS BEEN INVITED TO HONG KONG TO GIVE LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE CURRENT COURSE.
+WITH MR STOREY'S EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD, I AM SURE THAT THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BENEFIT CONSIDERABLY FROM THIS COURSE,+ DR LEE SAID.
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