FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1977.
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METHADONE DETOXIFICATION CENTRE FOR ABERDEEN
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT A NEW METHADONE DETOXIFICATION CENTRE WILL BE OPENED IN ABERDEEN FROM MONDAY (APRIL 18) TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF THE ADDICTS SEEKING TREATMENT IN THE AREA.
THE NEW CENTRE, WHICH IS LOCATED AT ABERDEEN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC, ABERDEEN REŠERVOIR ROAD, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING CENTRE IN KENNEDY TOWN, WHICH WILL BE CLOSED AS FROM SUNDAY (APRIL 17).
AS WITH THE OTHER EVENING DETOXIFICATION CENTRES THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, THE ABERDEEN CENTRE WILL OPERATE FROM 6 P.M. TO 10 P.M. EACH DAY, INCLUDING SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DRUG ADDICTS SEEKING TREATMENT AT BOTH THE METHADONE DETOX IF ICATION AND METHADONE MAINTENANCE CENTRES.
HE POINTED OUT THAT A TOTAL OF 7,500 ADDICTS HAVE NOW REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S 16 METHADONE DETOX IF ICATION CENTRES AND MORE THAN 8,000 WITH THE FOUR MAINTENANCE CENTRES.
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