FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1989
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IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME FOR VBP ON TAI A CHAU BEING PLANNED
TWO SENIOR DOCTORS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED THE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE DETENTION CENTRE ON TAI A CHAU.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE TWO DOCTORS WERE THERE TO WORK OUT THE ARRANGEMENTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR A MASS IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME AS RECOMMENDED IN A REPORT THE DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED TO THE SECURITY BRANCH YESTERDAY.
THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED FOLLOWING A STUDY ON AN BARLIER REPORT BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES CONCERNING THE CONDITION OF BOAT PEOPLE IN DETENTION.
DR C.M. NGAN, COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN AND DR P.L.
MA, CHIEF PORT HEALTH OFFICER, WHO ARE THE PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE VBP ON TAI A CHAU, ARRIVED THERE AT ABOUT 10 AM TODAY.
UPON ARRIVAL, THEY VISITED THE TWO HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOCTORS WORKING AT THE MEDICAL CLINIC ON THE ISLAND AND DISCUSSED WITH THEM THEIR WORK AND ALSO THE PREPARATORY WORK FOR THE MASS IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME.
DR MA AND DR NGAN SAID AFTER THE VISIT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS NOW WORKING OUT THE LOGISTICS OF THE MASS IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME AND IT IS HOPED THAT FIRM ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE NEXT WEEK.
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"THE IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE BOAT PEOPLE ON TAI A CHAU WILL BE SIMILAR TO THAT FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"CHILDREN WILL BE IMMUNISED AGAINST MEASLES, TUBERCULOSIS, DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS, WHOOPING COUGH AND POLIOMYELITIS,
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HE SAID.
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