WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988
ON THE
POSSIBLE
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OVER-SUPPLY
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ENSURE THAT THE SUPPLY OF OUTSTRIP LOCAL DEMAND FOR THEIR SERVICES.
OF
DENTISTS, ADVISORY
ON QUALIFIED DENTISTS DID NOT
MR CHAU COMMITTEE RECENTLY STEPS REQUIRED TO CONTINUB TO
SAID A
MEDICINE, THE SECRETARY
GOVERNMENT'S POLICY
OF CHINESE TURNING TO THE QUESTION
IT HAD BEEN SAID THAT FOR OVER 100 YEARS,
ΤΟ
CULTURAL RESPECT THE
AND TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF PEOPLE OF THE CHINESE RACE, INCLUDING THE PRACTICE OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.
BEEN SUGGEST
"FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE HAS EXTENSIVELY AND WIDELY PRACTISED. THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE TO THAT IT HAS POSED A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD, MR CHAU SAID.
H
REPORTED,
BEEN "WHERE ADVERSE EFFECTS TO PATIENTS HAVE
THESE CHINESE TRADITIONAL HAVE NORMALLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIXING OF REMEDIES WITH WESTERN DRUGS OR ILLEGAL MEDICAL PRACTICES. SUCH
SUBJECT TO LEGISLATIVE ILLEGAL PRACTICES ARE ALREADY ADDED.
MR CHAU SAID THE IMPLICATIONS INTERVENTION TO CONTROL THE PRACTICE OF CHINESE WOULD BE WIDE-RANGING AND CONSIDERABLE.
CONTROL," HE
GOVERNMENT OF DIRECT
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
"SO WE MUST BE SURE OF OUR GROUND BEFORE WE TAKE SUCH A HE NOTED.
H
STEP,
THAT WHILE THE
OF EXERCISE
OUT MR CHAU POINT
LEGISLATIVE CONTROL OF WESTERN MEDICINE WAS FEASIBLE BECAUSE REGISTRATION
ESTABLISHED
OF STANDARDS REQUIRED
AND PRACTICE
SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS, THE TRAINING IN CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE WAS DIVERSIFIED AND THERE WAS NO UNIFORM OR COMMONLY ACCEPTED STANDARD.
THE PART,
DEPARTMENT
"FOR ITS
MEDICAL AND HEALTH EXPERTISE IN DEALING WITH CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE.
"IT WOULD THUS BE NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A BY PEOPLE WITH APPROPRIATE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE," MR CHAU SAID.
VERY
HAS NO
NEW
IN
BODY, STAFFED THE FIELD OF
AN ENDEAVOUR BY "ONCE AGAIN, WE WOULD BE HANDICAPPED IN SUCH
STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH THE PRESENT LACK OF RECOGNISED PROFESSIONAL
BUT EVEN TO ASSESS NOT ONLY THE QUALITY OF TREATMENT BEING PROVIDED,
HE ADDED. THE EXPERTISE OF THE PEOPLE WHOM WE WOULD NEED TO RECRUIT,
"ANY ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE CONTROL OVER TRADITIONAL MEDICINE WOULD THUS BE AN COMPLICATED AS WELL AS MASSIVE UNDERTAKING,
It
CHINESE
AND
THE PRACTICE OF EXTREMELY DIFFICULT || MR CHAU SAID.
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