SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1992
DIAMOND JUBILEE OF FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE
* *
SERVICE (FHS)
BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT ACTIVE COMMUNITY
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S FAMILY HEALTH EXEMPLIFIES THE SUCCESS OF CLOSE PARTNERSHIP AND PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND OF PARTICIPATION IN SELF CARE, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, ELIZABETH WONG, SAID.
THE 60TH
MRS
ANNIVERSARY OF FHS
SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON, MRS WONG SAID THE FHS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT WAS AT PRESENT A MAJOR OF THE FIRST INFANT WELFARE CLINIC IN 1932 HEALTH CARE PROGRAMME.
DEVELOPMENT
WE "OVER THE YEARS,
HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, SAID.
SAID THE
THE SECRETARY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES PROVIDING SCREENING, AND HEALTH COUNSELLING SERVICES TO SOME 370,000 MOTHERS OVER 90 BACH YEAR TOGETHER WITH A SERVICE COVERAGE OF NEWBORN BABIES.
AND
* MRS WONG
OPERATED 46 IMMUNISATION
AND CHILDREN PER CENT OF
RATES, AT RESPECTIVELY,
MORTALITY BIRTHS 000
PEK
MATERNAL
1,0
**
MRS WONG SAID: "OUR INFANT AND 6.5 PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS AND 0.06 ARE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD.
**
CONTROL,
"MOST CHILDHOOD COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE WELL UNDER SHE SAID, ADDING THAT SERVICE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE HEALTH CARE DEDICATION TO SERVICE OF THE STAFF AND ACTIVE SUPPORT OF PROFESSIONALS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
BUT
TO LEARN THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FOSTERING SUCH JOINT EFFORTS,
THE ALSO IN
PRIMARY HEALTH
MRS WONG WAS ALSO PLEASED HEALTH WAS EXPLORING FURTHER WAYS OF NOT ONLY IN FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE SERVICES AS WELL.
SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING PLANS FOR EARLY IMPLEMENTATION.
THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S H LEE, ALSO REVIEWED THE CHILD HEALTH SERVICES DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION IN THE MATERNAL AND OVER THE PAST SIX DECADES.
DR LEE SAID
THE SERVICE STARTED
INTO THE
WITH A FIVE-MEMBER SMALL INFANT WELFARE CENTRE IN THE 1930'S AND HAD SINCE DEVELOPED PRESENT SIZE WITH MORE THAN 600 STAFF.
HE SAID THE CHANGE OF ITS NAME FROM MATERNAL AND
ΤΟ FHS IN SERVICE
1973 SIGNIFIED THE EXPANSION COMPLEXITY OF THE SERVICE.
CHILD HEALTH AND INCREASING
AND CHILD "IN ADDITION TO MATERNAL
HEALTH SERVICES, FAMILY
SCREENING VARIOUS PLANNING, COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION, SPECIFIC HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED,
SERVICES AND
HE ADDED.
/DR LEE