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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1993
IN ADDITION, A STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE IN 1995.
THE NEW SERVICE WILL EMPHASISE HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE TO ALL STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY ONE TO FORM SEVEN THROUGH PERIODIC SCREENING AND HEALTH EDUCATION.
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THERE ARE ALSO PLANS POR WELL-WOMAN CLINICS AND ELDERLY CLINICS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SCREENING FOR SPECIFIC DISEASES AND HEALTH EDUCATION.
"THE FIRST OF EACH OF THESE CLINICS WILL BE OPEN LATER THIS YEAR, MRS WONG SAID.
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SECRETARY ALSO SPOKE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF MEDICAL RECOGNITION WHICH, SHE SAID, WOULD NO LONGER BE APPROPRIATE AFTER
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QUALIFICATIONS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY REGISTERABLE IN HONG KONG ARE DERIVED FROM HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS WITH THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION SYSTEM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
GRADUATES OF MANY FAMOUS OVERSEAS MEDICAL SCHOOLS CANNOT PRACTISE HERE BECAUSE THEY COME FROM A COUNTRY WHICH DID NOT ENJOY RECIPROCITY WITH THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
SAID.
"THIS IS AN ANOMALY WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, MRS WONG
SHE POINTED OUT THAT WHATEVER MEDICAL REGISTRATION REPLACE THE EXISTING ONE, A KEY REQUIREMENT WOULD BE TO ALL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS WORKING HERE MUST MEET A CONSISTENTLY HIGH SET OF STANDARD.
SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT UNIFORM AND
"ONLY THEN CAN THE SAFETY AND INTERESTS OF THE PATIENTS BE PROTECTED," SHE STRESSED.
IN CONCLUSION, MRS WONG SAID THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT THE FUTURE BE A TIME OF CHANGE AND A TIME OF CHALLENGE FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
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"A NEW PATIENT-ORIENTED CULTURE OF SERVICE IS DEVELOPING, IN WHICH IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THE DOCTOR JUST TO CURE HIS PATIENT, SHE SAID.
"HE HAS ALSO TO PROVIDE QUALITY SERVICE WHICH RESPECTS THE PATIENT AS AN INDIVIDUAL, MRS WONG ADDED.
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