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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1992
HEALTH EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE SELF-CARE
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RESIDENTS' DUTY AND RIGHT ARE COMPLEMENTING TO EACH OTHER IN THE SELF-CARE APPROACH TO HEALTH PROBLEMS.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MRS SELINA CHOW, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A "HEALTHY MEMBERS, HAPPY FAMILY" EXHIBITION AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM.
MRS CHOW SAID MORE DISCUSSIONS ON THE MATTER BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT WERE NEEDED.
SHE SAID RESIDENTS WOULD LEARN EXHIBITION AND BECOME AWARE OF HOW SELF-CARE.
"THEY SHOULD ALSO KNOW THEIR SELF-CARE MORE EFFICIENTLY, SHE SAID.
THAT
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MUCH ABOUT HEALTH FROM THE TO EXERCISE THEIR DUTY FOR
RIGHT IN ORDER ΤΟ PRACTISE
REFERRING TO RESIDENTS' RIGHT, MRS CHOW CITED VARIOUS EXAMPLES PATIENTS SHOULD ASK DURING THEIR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND
CONSULTATION.
THESE INCLUDED THE KINDS OF ILLNESS SUFFERED THE DURATION OF TREATMENT REQUIRED, THE INGREDIENTS, DOSAGE, EFFECTS AND SIDE-EFFECTS OF THE PRESCRIBED DRUGS AND MEDICAL CHARGES.
MRS CHOW EMPHASISED THAT ALTHOUGH THE THREE MAIN ASPECTS OF THE EXHIBITION - SELF-CARE, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND FAMILY SUPPORT APPEARED SEPARATELY AND INDEPENDENTLY, THEY INDEED WERE INTERRELATED.
SAID THE
EARLIER, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR MARGARET CHAN, DESPITE THE FAVOURABLE HEALTH INDICES HONG KONG WAS EXPERIENCING, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAD ACCORDED SINCE IT'S ESTABLISHMENT STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY,
SHE SAID WITH THE RISING STANDARD OF KNOWLEDGE AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, IT WAS TIMELY TO INSTIL HEALTH EDUCATION MESSAGES ΤΟ ENABLE PEOPLE TO ADAPT THEMSELVES TO SELF-CARE.
"BOTH MEDICAL AND NURSING SERVICES AS WELL AS RESIDENTS' INITIATIVES AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ARE OF EQUAL PURSUING PERSONAL CARE AND A HEALTHY FAMILY.
IMPORTANCE IN
DEPARTMENT'S ON VARIOUS AUDIOVISUAL
TO FURTHER PROMOTE SELF-CARE, DR CHAN SAID THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT (CHEU) HAD EMBARKED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION OF LEAFLETS AND MATERIALS, AND THE SETTING UP OF A 24-HOUR PRE-RECORDED TELEPHONE SERVICE.
ORGANISED BY THE CHEL AS A CLIMAX TO THIS YEARS' SELF-CARE CAMPAIGN, THE EXHIBITION AIMS TO DRIVE HOME MESSAGES LIFESTYLE, SELF-CARE AND FAMILY SUPPORT.
OF HEALTHY
THE EMPHASIS