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SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1978

AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE PRAISED

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THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG, SPOKE OF THE REMARKABLE RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT BY THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE (AMS) IN RENDERING A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

+WHENEVER A DISASTER OCCURS OR WHERE THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES ARISES, AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN THE FOREFRONT IN HELPING VICTIMS OF FIRE AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS,+ HE SAID.

DR. THONG, WHO IS ALSO UNIT CONTROLLER OF AMS, WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE SERVICE THIS EVENING TO MARK ITS 27TH ANNIVERSARY.

OVER THE YEARS, HE SAID, AMS HAD

AMS HAD GROWN BOTH IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY WITH A PROUD RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT.

THE STRENGTH OF AMS HAS GROWN TO NEARLY 6,000, AND MORE THAN 1,400 MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED THE CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE MEDAL FÖR EFFICIENT AND LOYAL SERVICE AND ANOTHER 20 AWARDED THE FIRST CLASP TO THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL.

+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT TO OLD AND YOUNG MEMBERS ALIKE, I COULD LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND LOYAL SERVICE FOR MANY MORE YEARS TO COME AND THAT AMS WILL NO DOUBT PROGRESS FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH,+ HE SAID.

DR. THONG SAID THE PAST YEAR HAD BEEN ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR AS FAR AS DEDICATED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY BY AMS MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED.

THE MEMBERS HAD RENDERED A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, FROM THE MANNING OF METHADONE CENTRES TO LIFE GUARD DUTIES AT VARIOUS PUBLIC BEACHES AND SWIMMING POOLS, HE SAID.

THEY HAD MANNED AMBULANCES ATTACHED TO THE AMBULANCE DEPOTS OF THE FIRE SERVICES AND PROVIDED FIRST AID COVERAGE AS AND WHEN THE OCCASION AROSE.

THE AMS HAD SPENT A TOTAL OF 18,000 MAN-HOURS IN PROVIDING ALL THESE SERVICES LAST YEAR.

DR. THONG LATER PRESENTED THE CIVIL DEFENCE LONG SERVICE MEDALS TO 73 AMS MEMBERS AND THE FIRST CLASP TO THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL TO THREE OTHER MEMBERS WHO WERE RECENTLY QUALIFIED FOR THESE AWARDS.

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