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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1988
HEPATITIS B VACCINATION FOR NEW-BORN BABIES
STARTING TOMORROW (TUESDAY) ALL NEW-BORN BABIES IN HONG WILL BE GIVEN FREE HEPATITIS B VACCINATION.
KONG
THAT
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID UNDER AN EXPANDED HEPATITIS B VACCINATION PROGRAMME, ALL BABIES BORN IN GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS AND MATERNITY HOMES WILL BE VACCINATED.
FOR BABIES BORN IN
PRIVATE HOSPITALS, PARENTS CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO HAVE THEM VACCINATED AT THE HOSPITALS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE OR ASK TO BE REFERRED TO ANY OF THE 15 GOVERNMENT MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES WHERE FREE VACCINATION IS AVAILABLE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT EACH BABY SHOULD RECEIVE A FULL COURSE OF THREE DOSES THE FIRST AT BIRTH AND THE SECOND ABOUT ONE MONTH LATER WHILE THE LAST DOSE IS GIVEN WHEN THE BABY IS BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE MONTHS OLD.
BABIES WHOSE MOTHERS ARE NOT CARRIERS OF THE RECEIVE THE SECOND AND THIRD DOSES IN ANY MATERNAL CENTRES.
AND
FOR BABIES BORN TO CARRIER MOTHERS, THEY WILL BE THE FOUR REGIONAL HEPATITIS B VACCINATION CLINICS HOSPITAL, QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, PRINCESS MARGARET PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL FOR FOLLOW-UP.
DISEASE CAN CHILD HEALTH
REFERRED TO AT TSAN YUK HOSPITAL AND
TO ASSIST MOTHERS WHO WISH ΤΟ MAKE ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE HEPATITIS B VACCINATION PROGRAMME AT THE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES, A SPECIAL HOTLINE HAS REEN SET UP AT THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS.
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER 15 5-8900765 AND THE SERVICE WILL BE MANNED DURING OFFICE HOURS ON WEEKDAYS.
THE EXPANDED VACCINATION PROGRAMME WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE HEPATITIS B VACCINATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH WAS SET UP IN 1982 TO MONITOR AND ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON A VACCINATION PROGRAMME.
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD VT 41.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 244.544 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 388.517 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 66.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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