IDAY, MAY ', 1985
DB MEMBERS SEE POLYCLINIC FACILITIES
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MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD'S COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED A NON-PROF IT-MAKING POLYCLINIC IN NORTH POINT TO SEE ITS FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
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RUN BY THE KIANGSU AND CHEK IANG RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, THE CLINIC PROVIDES VARIOUS OUT-PATIENT TREATMENTS, INCLUDING MEDICAL, SURGICAL, DENTAL, PAEDIATRIC, GYNAECOLOGY, SKIN, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
THE POLYCLINIC, OFFICIALLY OPENED TWO MONTHS AGO, IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH X-RAY FACILITIES, AN OPERATION THEATRE FOR MINOR OPERATIONS, A LABORATORY, PHYSIOTHERAPY AND ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT ROOMS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMITTEE, MR LEE KWONG-LAM, SAID AFTER THE VISIT THAT HE AND OTHER MEMBERS WERE 'IMPRESSED BY THE FACILITIES AND VARIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE CLINIC.
+ IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD, ITS COMMITTEES, AND THE VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS IN THE DISTRICT SHOULD CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE THEIR EFFORTS IN PROMOTING THE RESIDENTS' WELFARE,+ SAID MR LEE.
+ THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF THE CLINIC WILL SUPPLEMENT THE EASTERN DISTRICT COMMUNITY MEDICAL SCHEME WHICH, IMPLEMENTED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD IN 1982, HAS PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND POPULAR IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.+
UNDER THE SCHEME, LOCAL RESIDENTS AGED OVER 60 AND OTHERS IN NEED CAN RECEIVE TREATMENT AT REDUCED FEES FROM MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS JOINING THE SCHEME.
ALSO JOINING TODAY'S VISIT WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, MR SHUM CHOI-SANG, AND DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LUI HAU-TUEN, AS PART OF A PROGRAMME TO FAMILIARISE BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE DISTRICT'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES.
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