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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1989
NEW CASE OF CHOLERA CONFIRMED
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A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS TODAY (FRIDAY CONFIRMED TO BE SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA, THE 23RD CASE REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
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ANNOUNCING THIS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE PATIENT BECAME ILL ON WEDNESDAY (SEPTEMBER 201 AND WAS SUFFERING FROM ABDOMINAL PAIN, VOMITTING AND DIARRHOEA.
HE ATTENDED THE YAN OI POLYCLINIC IN TUEN MUN YESTERDAY AND WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED.
TESTS CARRIED OUT IN THE HOSPITAL CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE HAD CONTRACTED CHOLERA. IS CONDITION WAS TODAY DESCRIBED BY ATTENDING DOCTOR AS "FAIR",
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THIS PATIENT HAD BEEN AWAY FROM HONG KONG AND RETURNED ONE BEFORE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS. THE CASE WAS ACCORDINGLY CLASSIFIED AS AN IMPORTED ONE.
MEANWHILE, OFFICERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD VISITED THE PATIENT'S HOME IN TUEN MUN AND ALL FAMILY MEMBERS HAD BEEN EXAMINED AND GIVEN PREVENTIVE DRUGS, THE PREMISES HAD ALSO BEEN DISINFECTED.
THE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DESPITE THE ONSET OF THE COOLER SEASON, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE STILL ADVISED TO OBSERVE FOOD, PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE TO PREVENT THEIR CONTRACTING DIARRHOEAL DISEASES.
RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS ELECTORS
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RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED AS ELECTORS ARE URGED DO SO BEFORE THE CURRENT REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN CLOSES AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN FISHER, THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING AFTER OFFICIATING AT A DRAW OF CORRECT ENTRIES IN THE DISTRICT'S VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSWORD-PUZZLE COMPETITION.
MR FISHER STRESSED THAT RESIDENTS WHO MISS THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE CAN STILL REGISTER WITH THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION BY NOVEMBER 20 IF THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR NAMES ON THE FINAL REGISTER TO BE RELEASED IN JANUARY.
HE ALSO SAID THAT RESPONSE TO THE COMPETITION WAS ENCOURAGING.
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