SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1991
HEALTH NURSES' ROLE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PLANS TO REDEFINE THE ROLE OF HEALTH NURSES IN THE FUTURE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC) DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
AND SCOPE SYSTEM, THE
AND EXPERTISE OF NURSES IN THE "WHILE THE LEVEL OF SKILLS
WORKING DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS IS INDISPUTABLE, THE
IS SCOPE FOR GREATER THAT THERE ON
RECOGNISED PHC HAS
EXPERTISE, HE PARTICIPATION AND MORE EFFECTIVE UTILISATION OF THEIR
PARTY
SAID.
"
THE EXHIBITION
DR LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF ON "ENVIRONMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH", ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG NURSING NURSING IN CELEBRATION OF ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG COLLEGE OF THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY.
PRACTICE IN MANY COUNTRIES HE NOTED THAT IT WAS THE CURRENT
DELIVERY THAT NURSES WERE ASSUMING INCREASING RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE OF PHC.
IN THE TREATMENT "APART FROM PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO DOCTORS
A 'HEALTH OF PATIENTS, NURSES ARE ALSO TAKING UP AN EXPANDED ROLE OF NURSE' WHICH INCLUDES HEALTH PROMOTION, AND REHABILITATIVE, PREVENTIVE AND EDUCATIONAL WORK.
"AS FOR
HONG
KONG,
THE INCLUDING
DEPARTMENT
EXPERTS PROM OVERSEAS,
HAS INVITED HEALTH WORLD ON THE SUBJECT,"
OF HEALTH TWO FROM THE ORGANISATION (WHO), TO COME TO HONG KONG TO ADVISE DR LEE SAID.
"THEIR PROPOSALS ARE IN LINE WITH THE
WORKING PARTY ON PHO HE ADDED.
OF SUCCESS
RECOMMENDATIONS
PHC
OF
THE
THE FUTURE
SYSTEM DEPARTMENT'S STAFF
DR LEE STRESSED THAT THE WOULD RELY ON THE SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTION OF THE AND THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.
TURNING TO THE EXHIBITION, THE DIRECTOR SAID THE IMPORTANCE MENTAL HEALTH WAS INCREASINGLY BEING RECOGNISED.
OF
"THE WORKING PARTY ON PHO HAS RECOMMENDED THAT HEALTH EDUCATION
AWARENESS PUBLIC
OF COMMON MENTAL INCREASE SHOULD BE ENHANCED TO HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TO PREVENT THE ONSET OF DISEASE.
HONG KONG 中† HE SAID.
A SOCIETY LIKE "THIS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN WHICH IS CHARACTERISED BY INTENSE COMPETITION AND STRESS,
INTRODUCE A
ON THE PREVENTION OF
DR LEE SAID THE WHO HAD ALSO STRESSED THe need to MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT INTO PHC PARTICULARLY MENTAL AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.
"EARLY DETECTION OF
PROVISION
AND
FOR
OF
SIGNIFICANTLY PREVENT THEIR
DEMAND
SPECIALIST
THESE
DISORDERS
APPROPRIATE CARE AT A PHC SETTING WOULD
DETERIORATION AND,
IN
TURN,
LESSEN
THE
SERVICES, HE SAID.
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