WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993
EXCO MEMBERS VISIT PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
A GROUP OF EXECUTIVE COUNCILLORS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE LAM TIN POLYCLINIC IN KWUN TONG TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THEY WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S H LEE,
AND OTHER SENIOR MEDICAL STAFF.
THE PARTY, COMPRISING BARONESS DUNN, MS ROSANNA WONG AND MR ANDREW LI, FIRST VISITED THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINIC WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY WERE SHOWN IMPROVEMENT MEASURES UNDER THE 'PERFORMANCE PLEDGE' PROGRAMME. THESE INCLUDED STANDARDISED INDIVIDUAL MEDICAL RECORD, LABELLING OF ALL DISPENSED MEDICINE BY COMPUTER, PATIENT ASSISTANCE COUNTER AND HEALTH EDUCATION MATERIALS.
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THEN THEY PROCEEDED TO THE MATERNAL
CHILD HEALTH CENTRE WHERE THEY LEARNT ABOUT THE VARIOUS FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES DELIVERED TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
THE COUNCILLORS WERE THEN TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC WHERE THEY WERE TOLD ABOUT THE SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICES GIVEN TO STUDENTS OF PRIMARY ONE TO SIX.
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THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A VISIT ΤΟ THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SCHOOL - THE ONLY SCHOOL IN HONG KONG WHICH PROVIDED PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING TRAINING,
NINE-MONTH FULL-TIME DIPLOMA STUDIES ON PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AND OTHER PART-TIME COURSES ARE ORGANISED FOR REGISTERED NURSES.
THE MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEM WHICH EMPHASISED COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT A WELL WOMAN CLINIC, SITUATED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF THE POLYCLINIC, WAS EXPECTED TO START FULL OPERATION EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THE NEW SERVICE AIMS AT PROVIDING A PACKAGED SERVICE COMPRISING PHYSICAL CHECK-UP INCLUDING GYNAECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION, HEALTH SCREENING AIMED AT DETECTING DISEASES PREVALENT IN WOMEN, AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING.
THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SIMILAR VISITS BRING ORGANISED FOR MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, ACCORDING TO THE PRESS SECRETARY (MEMBERS).
THE PURPOSE IS FOR MEMBERS ΤΟ GAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT NEW PROJECTS AND TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN VARIOUS TYPES OF SERVICE.
"MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT SUCH VISITS WILL HELP THEM IN THEIR WORK OF ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON POLICY MATTERS," SHE SAID.
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