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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1991
DUCHESS OF KENT VISITS HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL
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ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON, VISITED THE HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
ON ARRIVAL, THE DUCHESS WAS GREETED BY THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, DR E.K. YEOH; CHAIRMAN OF HAVEN OF HOPE CHRISTIAN SERVICE, DR DING LIK-KIU; CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL'S OFFICER OF GOVERNING COMMITTEE, DR ALFRED Y.C. TAM; CHIEF EXECUTIVE HAVEN OF HOPE CHRISTIAN SERVICE, DR ANTONY C.T. LEUNG; AND THE HOSPITAL'S MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT, DR BENJAMIN K.M. CHAN.
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HER ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS THEN INVITED TO A RECEPTION HELD IN HOSPITAL LECTURE HALL WHERE DR ALFRED Y.C. TAM DELIVERED A WELCOMING SPEECH IN WHICH HE OUTLINED THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE HOSPITAL.
THE HAVEN OF HOPE HOSPITAL HAS EVOLVED FROM A TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM TO A SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OVER THE PAST 36 YEARS PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICES IN THREE SPECIALTIES. THEY ARE:
1)
[I)
PULMONARY MEDICINE INCLUDING PULMONARY REHABILITATION;
GERIATRIC REHABILITATION FOR PATIENTS WITH ORTHOPAEDIC AND MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS;
III) HOSPICE PALLIATION FOR THE TERMINAL CANCER PATIENTS.
AFTER THE RECEPTION, THE DUCHESS TOURED THE HOSPITAL VISITED THE HOSPICE CARE WARD, THE PULMONARY REHABILITATION WARD THE TRAINING CENTRE FOR FULMONARY REHABILITATION OF THE HOSPITAL.
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THE DUCHESS CHATTED WITH THE PATIENTS AND CONVEYED HER · WARMTH AND CONSOLATION TO THEM.
SHE THEN VISITED THE BEFRIENDERS INTERNATIONAL AT THE WAN CHAI MTR STATION WHERE SHE WAS MET BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE ORGANISATION'S HONG KONG AND ASIA EAST REPRESENTATIVE, MRS JESSAMINE DOE.
THE DUCHESS WAS BRIEFED ON THE WORK OF THE SAMARITANS
IN WAN
BEFRIENDERS
CHAI.
THE MAIN
OF TASK
LONELY
PEOPLE
THE WAN CHAI BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL, THE SAMARITANS, IS TO PREVENT SUICIDE BY DEPRESSED AND
A AND TO HELP THEM REGAIN
BEFRIENDING
BALANCED
IN THE
PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE.
EVENING, THE DUCHESS WILL ATTEND THE WHITE CHRISTMAS BALL AT THE REGENT HOTEL.
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