FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1970
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ROLE OF PARAMEDICAL STAFF HIGHLIGHTED
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THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG, SAID TODAY THAT PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL WERE PLAYING A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
SPEAKING AT THE 12TH ANNUAL CAREERS MASTERS SEMINAR JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATIC OF CAREERS MASTERS AND THE HANG SENG BANK THIS MORNING, DR. THONG SAID THAT PARAMEDICAL PERSCHEL WERE ESSENTIAL MEMBERS CF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH TEAM, COMPRISING DOCTERS, MURSES, HEDICAL SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER RELATE DEALTH WORKERS.
IN PARTICULAR, HE SAID, THE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES SUCH AS THE MEDICAL LABORATORIES, X-RAY DEPARTMENTS, DENTAL LABORATORIES AND THE PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC LABORATORIES COULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THEM.
DR. THONG SAID PARAMEDICALS ALSO CARRIED OUT ESSENTIAL DUTIES IN THE REHABILITATIVE SERVICES SUCH AS PHYSIOTHERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AS WELL AS NURSING AND MIDWIFE SERVICES.
HE POINTED CUT THAT THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG SETS OUT CLEARLY THE CBJECTIVES FOR SUBSTANTIAL EXPANSION OF THE SERVICES IN ORDER TO ENSURE BETTER FACILITIES AND MORE EFFECTIVE COVERAGE OF OUR POPULATION.
IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SAID DR. THONG, A CONSIDERAELE NUMBER CF DEDICAL PROJECTS AS DESCRIDED IN THE TEN YEAR MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WERE EXPECTED TO DE COMPLETED.
THESE WOULD INCLUDE THE PSYCHIATRIC WING OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, THE SHA TIN HOSPITAL, THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL AND NO LESS THAN EIGHT GENERAL CLINICS AND POLYCLINICS. IN ADDITION, THE WHITE PAPER CH REHABILITATION SERVICES ENVISAGED CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED.
+NATURALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF REHABILITATION AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES OF SUCH MAGNITUDE NECESSITATES AN INCREASING COMPLEMENT OF TRAINED MEDICAL AND PARAMEDICAL STAFF,+ SAI" ER. THONG.
THE DIRECTOR SAID TRAINING FACILITIES WERE AT PRESENT AVAILABLE WITHIN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR CERTAIN GRADES OF PARA- MEDICALS SUCH AS PHYSIOTHERAPICTS, RADIOGRAPHERS, MEDICAL LAECRATORY TECHNICIANS, DISPENSERS AND PROSTHETISTS.
HOWEVER, HE SAID, IN VIE. OF THE SIZABLE REQUIREMENTS FOR NORE PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL, THE EXISTING FACILITIES WERE NOT THOUGHT TO BE ADEQUATE TO COPE WITH THE ANTICIPATED DEMAND.
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