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WITH HINDSIGHT, HE SUGGESTED IT WOULD SEEM MORE APPROPRIATE
THE CONTACT A MESSAGE FOR THE PATIENT'S FAMILY TO IMMEDIATELY, AND LEFT THE SAD NEWS TO BE BROKEN WHEN PERSONAL
LEAVE
WAS ESTABLISHED.
то
HOSPITAL CONTACT
ON THE QUESTION OF THE COMPLAINANT'S REQUEST TO VIEW HIS WIFE'S THE DEAD BODY, THE COMMISSIONER ACCEPTED THAT IT WAS ALREADY MOVED TO MORTUARY.
FOR THE
TO HE FELT HOWEVER MORE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE HOSPITAL
VIEW OF HIS ACCEDE ΤΟ THE COMPLAINANT'S REQUEST, PARTICULARLY IN FEELINGS AT THE TIME, HIS LACK OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPARATION DEATH OF HIS WIFE, AND THE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE HE HAD GONE THROUGH.
THE CONSIDERED
OVERALL,
THE COMMISSIONER PARTIALLY SUBSTANTIATED.
COMPLAINT
TO
BE
OF THE
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT
SUBSEQUENTLY SENT A REGRET CONCERNED
LETTER HOSPITAL
TO THE COMPLAINANT, AND UNDERTOOK TO FORMULATE SOME GUIDELINES FOR ITS STAFF ON HOW TO BREAK SAD NEWS TO THE SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS.
THE COMMISSIONER CONCLUDED HIS TALK BY ASKING THE PUBLIC NOT TO
BECAUSE THEY HAD THEIR RIGHTS THINGS FOR GRANTED
AND EXPECTATIONS, WHICH HE SUGGESTED THEY SHOULD VOICE THEM OUT.
TAKE
IN SO DOING, HE NOTED IT WOULD BRING IMPROVEMENTS
SOMETIMES SUFFERINGS OF PEOPLE AND UNPLEASANTNESS, CIRCUMSTANCES IN FUTURE.
HE ALSO APPEALED TO THE PUBLIC TO BE FAIR THEIR DEMAND FOR AND EXPECTATION OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
IN
AND AVOID SIMILAR
AND OBJECTIVE IN
SAID IT HE
WAS THE WHILE SUCH
ALWAYS BE MET, COULD NOT
BE COMMUNITY THAT THE GOVERNMENT SERVED, AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT ABLE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT THE PUBLIC TELLING IT HOW THEY FELT, AND HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO BE SERVED.
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NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
THE
MR
DIRECTOR
HUI
OF
SOCIAL
WELFARE,
OF
MR
I AN
STRACHAN.
COUNCIL'S
THIS (THURSDAY) MORNING MET THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL
THE SERVICE,
YIN-FAT, AND MEMBERS
TO DISCUSS THE NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMMITTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (NLCDP),
COMMUNITY LEVEL COMMUNITY
MR STRACHAN SAID NLCDP WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1970S TO DEPRIVED WAS AND TRANSIENT COMMUNITIES WHERE THE PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES INADEQUATE OR NON-EXISTENT.
SUCH TRANSIENT COMMUNITIES INCLUDE SQUATTERS, TEMPORARY HOUSING FIVE-YEAR AREAS AND PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES UNDER HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
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