FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1982
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DR GREG HANCOCK, CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY SCHOOLS AUTHORITY-
DR KARL ROELOFFS, SECRETARY-GENERAL, FEDERAL GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE-
PROFESSOR MICHAEL W KIRST, PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
THE PANEL IS ASSISTED BY TWO SPECIAL ADVISERS, MR Q. W. LEE AND MR JAMES MCHUGH.
ROLE OF OUT-PATIENT CLINICS IN HEALTH CARE
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A GOVERNMENT OUT-PATIENT CLINIC IS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF DELIVERY OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENT EPIDEMICS, SENIOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SAID TODAY.
+ IT IS NOT MEANT FOR ANYONE WHO COMES AND DEMANDS A MEDICAL CHECK-UP JUST BECAUSE HE DOES NOT EAT WELL OR SLEEP WELL,✦ SAID DR LAWRENCE LAI, REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF KOWLOON.
DR LAI WAS SPEAKING ON THE ROLE AND BASIC RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT HEALTH AUTHORITY IN A TALK TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF KWUN TONG THIS EVENING.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE OBLIGATION OF ANY GOVERNMENT HEALTH AUTHORITY IN THE WORLD IS TO PROVIDE A BASIC PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICE TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TO SAVE LIVES.
PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES, HE SAID, CONSIST OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EPIDEMICS THROUGH GENERAL AND SPECIALIST OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, PROMOTION OF HEALTH THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AND PROVISION OF EMERGENCY FACILITIES THROUGH HOSPITALS.
DR LAI SAID THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE POLICY OF THE HONG KONG'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS A BALANCED PROVISION OF PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE SERVICES.
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, HAS BEEN EMINENTLY SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THESE OBJECTIVES DESPITE HONG KONG'S RATHER UNFAVOURABLE GEOGRAPHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION,
HE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT THE BASIC ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS CHANGED SUBTLY OVER THE YEARS WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN OF DISEASES.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES ARE NO LONGER AN IMMEDIATE THREAT, AND THE EFFECTS OF URBANISATION AND INDUSTRIAL I SATION HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT MANY DEGENERATIVE DISEASES, HE SAID.
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