WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
EXTENT TO WHICH THE DRAFT AS ANY ORDER ΤΟ COMPLY
"AT PRESENT, WE ARE STUDYING THE CONVENTION'S PROVISIONS MAY BE OBSERVED IN HONG KONG. AS WELL CHANGES IN OUR LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY IN WITH THE CONVENTION," HE ADDED.
AND
FACILITIES
AND SOCIAL
GOVERNMENT
MR SHIPMAN OUTLINED THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES
HEALTH AVAILABLE TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE MEDICAL,
THE HIGH UNDERLINED
PRIORITY THE WELFARE FIELDS WHICH PLACED ON PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN.
OF
NETWORK
CENTRES
DEPARTMENT WHICH
ON MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, MR SHIPMAN SAID THE
OF 45 FAMILY HEALTH HEALTH
A PROVIDED OFFERED BY A FULL RANGE OF MEDICAL CARE TO PREGNANT MOTHERS AND BABIES UP TO THE AGE OF FIVE.
"THERE ARE PLANS TO OPEN A FURTHER EIGHT CENTRES OVER THE FIVE YEARS," HE SAID.
NEXT
"THE SUCCESS OF THESE KONG'S VERY LOW INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES,
SERVICES CAN
BE
BY ILLUSTRATED
HONG MR SHIPMAN SAID.
IN INFANT MORTALITY DROPPED FROM 37.7 PER THOUSAND LIVE BIRTHS
RATE DROPPED FROM 0.45 1961 TO 7.6 IN 1988. THE MATERNAL MORTALITY PER THOUSAND TOTAL BIRTHS TO 0.04 OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
"THESE FIGURES ARE AMONG THE BEST IN THE WORLD," HE SAID.
KONG DISEASES
MR SHIPMAN NOTED THAT THE INCIDENCE OF DISEASE AMONG HONG
SERIOUS CHILDHOOD INFECTIOUS MOST CHILDREN WAS LOW, WITH HAVING BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL OR VIRTUALLY ERADICATED.
P
CHILDREN
HOSPITALS
'WHILE THE SERVICES IN OUTPATIENT CLINICS AND PUBLIC
AS ADULTS, AS WELL
ENJOY THE ARE AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE, WHICH ADDITIONAL BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE ENABLES PARENTS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO CONSULT A PRIVATE DOCTOR THEIR CHOICE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT," HE SAID.
OF
LONGER TERM, THE SCHOOL MEDICAL MR SHIPMAN SAID AS FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PRIMARY SERVICE WOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN A HEALTH CARE WHICH WOULD GET UNDERWAY NEXT MONTH.
TO DEVELOP MR SHIPMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH HAD BEEN
RATHER THAN HOSPITALS
то ESTABLISH PAEDIATRIC UNITS WITHIN GENERAL
WERE PAEDIATRIC UNITS ACCORDINGLY PAEDIATRIC HOSPITALS. SEPARATE
1.420 PAEDIATRIC BEDS PROVIDED IN MOST OF THE MAJOR HOSPITALS. THE
ADEQUATE AND THE AVERAGE PROVIDED IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS WERE AT PRESENT UTILISATION RATE LAST YEAR WAS ONLY 67 PER CENT.
"NONETHELESS, THERE ARE PLANS TO PROVIDE A FURTHER 647 BEDS
HE SAID. 1993, SO THAT NEW POPULATION AREAS WILL BE SERVED,
ON DENTAL HEALTH,
MR
PROGRAMME WAS ONE OF THE MOST
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BY
SAID THE WATER FLUORIDATION
INTERNATIONALLY AND
WAS AVAILABLE TO ALL IN
THIS,
IMPROVEMENT
SHIPMAN SUCCESSFUL TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE WHICH PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, HAD DENTAL HEALTH.
LED TO A SIGNIFICANT
/A REVIEW