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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1992
BURN INJURIES TREATMENT WINS INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM
CULTURED
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CLINICAL APPLICATION OF
HUMAN SKIN AND THE USE OF FRESH PIGSKIN FOR TEMPORARY BURNS BY THE BURNS UNIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL HAVE ENHANCED THE CHANCES OF RECOVERY FOR PATIENTS WITH BURN INJURIES, THE SECRETARY AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID.
THIS INNOVATIVE TREATMENT ACCLAIM AND ITS WORK WILL SOON TELEVISION SERIES "BEYOND 2000" IN COUNTRIES, SHE ADDED.
FOR HEALTH
HAS WON THE UNIT INTERNATIONAL BE BROADCAST BY THE AUSTRALIAN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN OVER 78
MRS WONG WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF HONG KONG'S FIRST SKIN BANK ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, CHINESE UNIVERSITY, AT THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
SHE NOTED THAT SOME 9,000 PEOPLE WERE ADMITTED ΤΟ THE SEVEN MAJOR PUBLIC HOSPITALS FOR BURN INJURIES IN HONG KONG EACH YEAR. OF THESE, 20 PER CENT ARE CHILDREN,
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF BURNS IS BY SCALDING,
FLAME, CHEMICAL AND ELECTRICAL BURNS.
FOLLOWED BY
FOR ADULTS, TWO-THIRDS OF BURN INJURIES ARE RELATED ΤΟ INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WHILE 93 PER CENT OF CHILDREN SUSTAINED DOMESTIC BURN INJURIES.
FURTHERMORE, 63 PER CENT OF ALL SCALD BURNS OCCURRED IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX.
OF ALL BURNS ADMISSIONS TO THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL, NINE PER CENT WERE EXTENSIVE BURNS INVOLVING MORE THAN 20 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL BODY SURFACE AREA, WHILE 28 PER CENT INVOLVED THE HEAD AND NECK AND 45 PER CENT INVOLVED THE EXTREMITIES.
MRS WONG NOTED THAT BURN INJURIES COULD CAUSE UNTOLD DAMAGE, PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRAUMATIC FOR CHILDREN AND INFANTS.
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"THIS PATTERN OF BURN INJURIES CALLS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT AND AN OVERALL PREVENTION PROGRAMME,
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SHE SAID.
BURNS
"THIS IS IMPORTANT SO AS TO REDUCE POTENTIALLY DISABLING, DISFIGURING AND LIFE THREATENING INJURIES, PARTICULARLY IN INFANTS
AND CHILDREN,"
THE OPENING OF THE SKIN BANK REPRESENTS A HIGH LANDMARK IN HIGH-TECH TREATMENT TO BURN VICTIMS. IT ALSO SETS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CO-OPERATION AND COLLABORATION AMONG MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS AND THE GOVERNMENT CAN ACHIEVE WORTHWHILE GOAL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
SHE PAID TRIBUTE ΤΟ THE ORIENTAL PRESS CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION AND LI TAM DOY HING BURNS FOUNDATION FUND FOR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS FINANCING THE PROJECT.
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