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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 29, 1988.

RED CROSS APPEAL TO CHINESE YOUTH IN HONG KONG

THE adequate and efficient care China.

To me care The Red Cross Medical Relief armies of national liberation con-Commission is now appealing to. stantly looms as one of the major Middle school students of Canton, problems of the nation, second Shanghai and Hong. Kong to res- only to its armed resistance to the pond immediately to their coun- invading armies. Upon the solu-try's need by volunteering for tion of this gigantic problem de- training as first aid medical units pends ultimate victory or defeat. at the Front. A Central Recruit- Not only has China more than halfing Office has been established at à million wounded men at the pre- Chinese Red Cross, Bank of Canton sent time, but as 'these lines are Building, in Hong Kong. At this written news has reached us of a office volunteers will be enrolled, Chinese victory on the south bank examined free, and asked to sign of the Yangtse, around Yangsin, the Red Cross pledge preparatory which resulted in around 20,000 to their transport to`. Changsha, Japanese casualties. In this one Young people able to pay their battle Chinese losses were also fare and food should do so. Where very heavy. It is thought that this is not possible patriotic peo-| there are at least 8,000 lightly ple and organisations are asked to wounded Chinese pouring down aid the Red Cross by paying the roads to the rear. 4,000 fares of poor students or arrang- severely wounded are lying in ing for reduced fares where they and around receiving stations and travel in parties. New classes start hospitals near the Front and in Changsha on the first and third neither the Army Service Medical Monday of every month.

The Corps nor the Chinese Red Cross courses for middle school students Medical Relief Commission has last for six weeks and students re- the trucks, ambulances or medical ceive their food and room, 2 dol- workers to cope swiftly and ad- lars pocket money, their uniform, equately with the gigantic pro-shoes and bedding if they have none during the period of train-

the

blem.

APPEAL TO HONG KONG ing.

The Chinese Red Cross Medical

QUALIFICATIONS

Relief Commission therefore ap- The following are the qualifica- peals to the doctors, nurses and tions demanded by the Red Cross to the youth of Canton, Shanghai of each volunteer: and Hong-Kong to respond im-

1. Sign the Red Cross pledge to mediately and generously to the serve the wounded during the call of their country to air the period of the war, to go to any wounded by offering their services front where needed, and to obey to the Red Cross. The Chinese orders. The Red Cross principle Red Cross Medical Relief Com being that where Chinese men mission, whose Director is Dr. Ro- fight for their country's liberation, bert K. S. Lim has established a their medical men and

women must | war-time emergency medical train-serve them when sick and wounded. ing school in Changsha for the 2. Volunteers should be at least mass training of medical workers of the junior middle school or to aid the wounded. This institu- equivalent education, these stan- tion is run in co-operation with dards being required that stu- the Weishengshu of the Central dents may learn the elements of Government. Here modern trained medical work quickly. The train- surgeons, doctors and nurses who ing include first aid work, ele- join the Red Cross are put through mentary nursing, and preventing a short-time war emergency medi-and sanitary practice at the Front. cal course, using the base hospi- 3. Volunteers shall be from tals in Changsha for the severely-18-30 years of age, strong and of wounded as a surgical training sound health and shall pass a centre. Following their training physical examination that they these highly-trained medical work- may be capable of enduring the ers are organised into mobile medi-hardships of war medical work in cal units for receiving. stations, the field.

field hospitals or for base hospi- 4. The proportion of women to tals in the rear. Nurses are paid men volunteers for the present is 20 dollars to 40 dollars a month. 1 to 5; that is, one woman to every doctors 60 to 200 dollars a month five men. according to qualifications.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

Men from the Army Medical Service or from the Army' itself The Training School undertakes will not be accepted as the Red the training of middle school stu-Cross cannot undermine or com- dents who have had no medical pete with these branches of na- training, to be trained as ambul- tional service.

ance units for first aid and sani- Following their six weeks course tary work at the Front. These first of training, the ambulance units ald units work in co-operation with (Middle-school students) are or- stretcher-bearer units or serve as ganised into units, with a doctor stretcher-bearer units themselves in charge and are transported where necessary. The school has with medical supplies. They are erdom for 160 middle school stu- kept supplies with medicine and dents ⠀⠀ per month from Southmoney by the Red Cross and their

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transport and transfers are ar- ranged according to need. Their monthly pay is 16 dollars plus 4. dollars for food. Whilst all effort Is made to protect them, the first principle guiding all medical workers is service to the wounded,

The Red Cross Medical Relief Commission is convinced that the Youth of the country is willing to stand side by side with the men who are fighting their "country's battle of national salvation, and will go with them until China, In free of the enemy,

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