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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1976

THESE CASES, THE CONSULTANT POINTED OUT, RANGED FROM RELATIVELY SIMPLE TO HIGHLY COMPLEX ONES REQUIRING A SERIES OF FOUR OR FIVE OPERATIONS.

+TWO OF OUR MORE NOTABLE RECENT CASES ARE THE TRANSFER OF A LITTLE TOE TO THE HANDS OF A FINGERLESS CHILD AND THE REPLANTING OF THE SEVERED HAND OF AN OLD WOMAN, HE SAID.

IN ADDITION TO THE WARD IN PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, OUTPATIENT PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE CLINICS ARE ALSO RUN ONCE A WEEK AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH AND KWONG WAH HOSPITALS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT A THIRD PART-TIME OUT-PATIENT CLINIC WILL START OPERATING AT THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG POLYCLINIC IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

THE 30 HOSPITAL BEDS AVAILABLE AT P.M.H. ARE BEING FULLY UTILISED, BUT THERE IS AMPLE ROOM FOR PHYSICAL EXPANSION OF THE WARD INSIDE THE HOSPITAL.

TO MAKE FUTURE EXPANSION POSSIBLE, THE UNIT IS CARRYING OUT A CAREFULLY PLANNED IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR JUNIOR DOCTORS AND NURSES.

THE PLASTIC SURGEONS, WHO HAVE ALL RECEIVED SPECIALIST TRAINING OVERSEAS, ARE ORGANISING REGULAR LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR FIVE TRAINEE DOCTORS. TWO NURSES TRAINED IN PLASTIC SURGERY ARE ALSO HELPING TO TRAIN OTHER NURSES FOR THE JOB.

+WHEN OUR PLASTIC SURGEONS CAN BE RELEASED FOR FULL-TIME DUTIES IN THE UNIT AND AS OUR TRAINEE DOCTORS GET MORE EXPERIENCE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES TO CATER FOR THE EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF PATIENTS SEEN AT OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND TO SHORTEN THE WAITING LIST FOR ADMISSION AND SURGERY,+ THE CONSULTANT SAID.

PROMOTION OF SPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH

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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, TODAY COMMENDED LOCAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOOLS FOR THEIR COOPERATION IN PROMOTING SPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

MR. TOPLEY WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THREE-DAY HONG KONG INTER-SCHOOL ATHLETIC MEET ORGANISED BY THE SOUTH CHINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

HE RECALLED THAT INITIALLY ONLY A FEW HUNDREDS COMPETITORS TOOK PART IN THE EVENTS BUT DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS THE NUMBERS HAD INCREASED STEADILY. NOW THERE WERE MORE THAN 2,000 COMPETITORS.

THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS HAD ALSO INCREASED AND MANY NEW TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED,

+THESE ACHIEVEMENTS, MR. TOPLEY SAID, +ARE LARGELY DUE TO THE UNFAILING ENERGY AND EFFORTS OF THE ORGANISERS.+

HE SAID IT WAS GRATIFYING TO NOTE THAT THIS SPORTS MEET WAS BEING HELD FOR THE 30TH TIME.

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