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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1992
"THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ONLY BE LEGALLY LIABLE TO PAY COMPENSATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD CONTRACTED HIV THROUGH THE TRANSFUSION OF CONTAMINATED BLOOD PRODUCTS IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN NEGLIGENT OR BREACHED A DUTY OF CARE IN RESPECT OF PREPARING THE BLOOD PRODUCTS FOR TRANSFUSION.
"THE GOVERNMENT ENSURES THAT ALL BLOOD PRODUCTS FOR TRANSFUSION ARE STERILISED ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED METHODS.
OF THE 61 HAEMOPHILIACS, NINE HAVE DEVELOPED AIDS AND FIVE HAVE DIED FROM THE DISEASE.
FOR
MRS WONG ALSO TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT HAEMOPHILIACS ELIGIBLE DISABILITY ALLOWANCE WOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCE WHILE UNDERGOING TREATMENT IN HOSPITALS.
HOWEVER, THOSE STAYING IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS FOR OVER 29 DAYS WOULD RECEIVE ONLY THE NORMAL DISABILITY ALLOWANCE SINCE THEY ARE ALREADY RECEIVING CONSTANT MEDICAL ATTENTION IN HOSPITALS WHICH ARE HEAVILY SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT, SHE SAID.
PORK CONSUMERS ASSURED OF SAFETY
MOUTH DISEASE BEFORE
THE CONSUMPTION,
SECRETARY
FOR
THEY ARE ECONOMIC
THE LIKELIHOOD OF INFECTED PORK REACHING CONSUMERS IS REMOTE AS PIGS ARE INSPECTED FOR FOOT AND
HUMAN FOR SLAUGHTERED SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON TANG SIU-TONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SHE SAID IN THE VERY UNLIKELY EVENT THAT THIS DID HAPPEN, CONSUMPTION OF THE MEAT WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON A PERSON'S HEALTH.
IS DISEASE THE
ENDEMIC TO HONG KONG AND OTHER
PLACES
IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA.
MRS CHAN SAID AN EFFECTIVE AND RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE WAS READILY AVAILABLE AND MANY LOCAL PIG FARMERS HAD VACCINATED ANIMALS AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE.
OF THE DISEASE WAS DUE OUTBREAK FAILURE OF SOME FARMERS TO VACCINATE THEIR PIGS,
VACCINE THEIR
"THE RECENT
MAINLY SHE SAID.
то
THE
THE
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IS HELPING TO
MANUFACTURERS VACCINE DISEASE BY MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH THEIR LOCAL AGENTS TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT VACCINE SUPPLY.
CONTROL AND
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO SENDS SAMPLES OF LOCAL VIRUSES TO THE WORLD REFERENCE LABORATORY FOR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE FOR TESTING, SAID.
MRS CHAN
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