- 1 MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1974.
COMPLETE INTEGRATION OF F.P.A. CLINICS
COMMUNITY INVITED TO MAKE FULL USE OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED ITS PHASED PROGRAMME OF INTEGRATING 31 FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS FORMERLY RUN BY THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION.
THE CLINICS NOW FIT INTO THE GOVERNMENT'S MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PROGRAMME AS ONE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEWLY-ESTABLISHED FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE - FORMERLY THE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICE.
THE LAST CLINICS TO BE INTEGRATED WERE THOSE AT SIX GOVERNMENT HEALTH CENTRES AT TUEN MUN, KAM TIN, SHEK WU HUI, TAI PO, SHA TIN, AND SAI KUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE INTEGRATION PROGRAMME BEGAN IN OCTOBER 1973 WITH THE AIM OF COMPLETION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
+WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR OBJECTIVE IN GOOD TIME,+ DR. K.L. THONG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, SAID TODAY, +AND WE ARE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS,+
APART FROM THE INTEGRATION OF EXISTING CLINICS RUN BY THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO EXPANDED ITS FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMME BY OPENING NEW CLINICS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY OF INCLUDING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES IN ALL NEW MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CLINICS IN THE FUTURE.
SIX NEW GOVERNMENT CLINICS OFFERING FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE ARE NOW IN OPERATION, MAKING A TOTAL OF 37 FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS OPERATED BY THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
DR. THONG DESCRIBED ATTENDANCES AS +VERY ENCOURAGING AND PROMISING.+
HE REMINDED POSSIBLE CLIENTS AT THE 37 CLINICS THAT +ONLY A NOMINAL FEE OF $1 A VISIT IS CHARGED, WHICH INCLUDES THE SUPPLY OF CONTRACEPTIVES AND ALL INCIDENTAL SERVICES, WHILE PURELY ADVISORY SERVICE IS PROVIDED FREE. IN CASE OF NEED, THE FEE CAN BE WAIVED.
+INTEGRATION MEANS THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL IN THE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES WHICH PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING ANTE-NATAL, MATERNITY, POST-NATAL, INFANT AND TODDLER CARE, FAMILY PLANNING AND HEALTH EDUCATION.
+MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEEDING ADVICE ON FAMILY PLANNING WILL FIND AT LEAST ONE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CLINIC LOCATED NOT TOO FAR FROM THEIR HOME. THEY SHOULD NOT HESITATE TO UTILISE THE SERVICES AVAILABLE.+
/THE INTEGRATION
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