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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1991
IMPROVEMENT
AND HEALTH THESE INCLUDE DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION
IN GENERAL OUT-PATIENT PROMOTION, SCREENING SERVICE,
BETTER CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN SERVICE, TRAINING OF HEALTH PERSONNEL,
HEALTH SYSTEM HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, SERVICE.
HEALTH DISTRICT
STUDENT AND
AND RESERVATION
ON THE OTHER HAND, DR LEE SAID, CONCERN EXPRESSED ON RECOMMENDATIONS ON FEES AND CHARGES, CONTRACTING CLINIC SERVICE TO PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS AND THE SETTING UP OF AUTHORITY.
A PITY
WERE OUT OF
A PHC
SITUATION
THAT THE IN HEALTH OF THE
GREAT A
MISUNDERSTANDING HE DESCRIBED AS GOVERNMENT HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FORMULATE A STRATEGIC PLAN
WITH THE
HEALTH ACTUAL EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE COMMUNITY.
OF EFFORTS THE UNDERMINES "IT
IN PROMOTING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS POPULATION," HE SAID.
BOTH THE GOVERNMENT
THE
OF THE HEALTH
AND LOCAL
MUCH EFFORTS
DR LEE POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE PREVENTION OF CHRONIC AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER, HEART AND CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES.
EARLY
THE
COMMON
THE WORKING PARTY HAS ALSO GIVEN SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO THE DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF SUCH NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, HENCE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE INTRODUCTION OF SCREENING PROGRAMME FOR DISEASES AMONG THE ELDERLY AND OPPORTUNISTIC SCREENING AT GENERAL OUT- PATIENT CLINICS.
CONCERNING ON THE RECOMMENDATION
DESCRIBED THE FEAR
THAT
WOULD IT SERVICES AS "TOTALLY UNFOUNDED".
FEES AND
WHOLE THE COVER
CHARGES,
RANGE
DR LEE PHC OF
HEALTH SERVICES "APART FROM THE FACT THAT OUR MEDICAL AND
PUBLIC FUNDS, MANY OF SUBSIDISED BY ARE GENERAL
HE SAID. PREVENTIVE AND PROMOTIVE SERVICES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE,
HEAVILY
THE
14
GOVERNMENT'S
IN
OUR
COMMITMENT
"THERE IS NO INTENTION TO CHANGE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND TO PREVENT DISEASES."
THE PRIVATE
THAT
THE
THE
AS REGARD THE PROPOSAL TO CONTRACT OUT CLINICS TO
DR LEE STRESSED DOCTORS UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS,
BETWEEN COLLABORATION IMPROVE INTENDED TO PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTORS.
RECOMMENDATION WAS
"WE WILL REVIEW THIS PROPOSAL WITH GREAT CARE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS," HE SAID.
LIGHT OF
REFERRING TO OCCUPATIONAL PARTY HAS NOT OVERLOOKED THE ISSUE.
HEALTH,
DR
LEE
SAID
THE
WORKING
IN FACT, IT HAS RECOMMENDED A SEPARATE REVIEW FOR FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WITH A VIEW TO MAKING DEVELOPMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES.
ON THE SUBJECT IMPROVEMENT
AND
/THE DIRECTOR
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