WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1988
FIRST CHOLERA CASE CONFIRMED
A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA
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WAS YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) CONFIRMED то BE THE FIRST CASE REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY}, A NEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE MAN WAS A LOCAL RESIDENT TO HONG KONG ON SEPTEMBER 11 AFTER A TRIF ΤΟ MACAU. ABDOMINAL PAIN AND DIARRHOEA FOUR DAYS LATER.
EMERGENCY
WHO RETURNED THE MAN HAD
DEPARTMENT OF
THE VICTIM ATTENDED THE ACCIDENT AND THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 19 AND WAS TRANSFERRED ΤΟ QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED.
YESTERDAY'S LABORATORY RESULTS ON THE MAN'S STOOL CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA EL TOR. HE WAS REFERRED PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL WHERE HIS CONDITION WAS TODAY DESCRIBED THE ATTENDING DOCTOR AS SATISFACTORY.
TO
BY
MEANWHILE, HEALTH STAFF FROM THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD VISITED THE VICTIM'S HOME IN WAN CHAI. THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIM WERE GIVEN MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND THEIR PREMISES WAS
DISINFECTED.
THE CASE WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN IMPORTED CASE SINCE THE MAN HAD TRAVELLED OUTSIDE HONG KONG, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF FOUR CHOLERA CASES WERE REPORTED
IN THE
TERRITORY.
RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKES PART IN CAREERS QUIZ
FROM 250 COMPETING IN THE
A RECORD NUMBER OF 115,000 FORM 3 TO FORM 5. STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY WILL BE 7TH CAREERS QUIZ ORGANISED BY THE CAREERS ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT NEXT MONTIL.
TILLS COMPARES WITH 110,000 STUDENTS FROM 240 SCHOOLS WHO TOOK PART IN THE EVENT LAST YEAR.
THE QUIZ WHICH STARTS ON MONDAY [OCTOBER 31, WILL LAST FOR EIGHT DAYS. IT IS AIMED AT AROUSING THE AWARENESS OF STUDENTS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CHOOSING CAREERS AS WELL. AS ENCOURAGING THEM ΤΟ UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO CAREERS AND FURTHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.
/PARTICIPATING STUDENTS