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Hotline for information on first-aid
Starting from August 19, the Auxiliary Medical Services (AMS) will introduce a new service to celebrate its 45th anniversary. It will operate a 24-hour enquiry hotline to reinforce its pledge to "serve the community with humanitarian commitment."
The hotline - 2762 2033 - enables members of the public to obtain by phone the basic information about AMS including services provided, enrolment procedure, training and welfare.
More importantly, the service also provides the public with information about first-aid treatment for accident and emergency such as in cases of trauma and bleeding, asphyxia, unconsciousness, fracture, burns, scalds, head injuries, poisoning, shock and foreign bodies entering the human body.
Members of the public can choose to listen to the information in recorded verbal messages on the hotline or obtain the written information through a fax machine.
The enquiry hotline represents a major step taken by the AMS in serving the community as it provides a convenient channel for the public to learn about basic first aid and be prepared for times of emergency.
End/Thursday, August 17, 1995
Sham Shui Po Family Services Centre changes address
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) today (Thursday) announces that the Sham Shui Po Family Services Centre (FSC) will move to a new office as from Saturday (August 19).
The new office is located on the sixth floor of Sui Sing Building, 202-204 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Sham Shui Po.
Members of the public who have family-related problems may contact the Sham Shui Po FSC on telephone 2728 4228 or call the SWD's hotline 2343 2255, a spokesman for the Department said.
End/Thursday, August 17, 1995
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