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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1992
YUE-FAI WILL BE TREATED FREE OF CHARGE UNDER THE SCHEME FUNDED BY THE AUSTRALIAN CRANIO-MAXILLO-FACIAL FOUNDATION.
YUE-FAI WAS BORN WITH APERT SYNDROME. HIS NATURAL RELINQUISHED THEIR RIGHTS AND HE WAS PUT INTO THE CARE OF THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT AS A WARD OF THE DIRECTOR.
PARENTS
SOCIAL
SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY A TRAM OF SPECIALISTS IN QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.
MEDICAL
OF
AND
OF
ACCORDING то DR HO CHIU-MING, LECTURER OF SURGERY,
SURGERY, PROFESSOR WILLIAM WEI, PROFESSOR OF
THE DEPARTMENT SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THIS IS AN UNCOMMON CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITY AND PROMPT SURGICAL TREATMENT IS MANDATORY FOR A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.
SURGICAL CORRECTION OF THESE ABNORMALITIES EFFORT BY SPECIALISTS OF DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. MULTIPLE OPERATIONS.
REQUIRES A JOINT YUE-FAI MAY NEED
IN YUE-FAI'S CASE, A TOTAL OF 12 MEDICAL SPECIALISTS WILL BE
INVOLVED.
DR HO EXPLAINED THAT A CHILD WITH APERT SYNDROME WAS CAPABLE OF HAVING NORMAL MENTAL DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE BRAIN IN EARLY INFANCY WAS HINDERED BY THE PREMATURE FUSION OF THE CRANIAL SUTURES.
"IF THE BRAIN IS NOT RELEASED EARLY ENOUGH, IT MAY BE FATAL THE CHILD MAY BE MENTALLY RETARDED."
OR
"APERT SYNDROME IS A COMPLICATED AND RARE CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION WHICH IS BEST TAKEN CARE OF BY SPECIAL CRANIOFACIAL CENTRES LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN CRANIOFACIAL UNIT, HE ADDED.
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A REGISTERED NURSE FROM THE SOCIAL
ESCORT YUE-FAI TO AUSTRALIA.
WELFARE
TAI PO DRAGON BOAT RACES INVITE APPLICATIONS
DEPARTMENT WILL
APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE TAI PO DRAGON
BOAT RACES то
BE HELD ON JUNE 5.
DISTRICT DRAGON
THE ANNUAL EVENT IS ORGANISED BY THE ΤΑΙ PO RACE COMMITTEE AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD AND A BREWERY.
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THE RACES WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE WATERFRONT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN THE MORNING OF JUNE 5 THE DAY OF THE BOAT FESTIVAL.
TAI
PO DRAGON
/THEY WILL