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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1985
TO DEVELOP FELLOWSHIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, POST-GRADUATE STUDY, AND CONSULTATIONS AND
TO FACILITATE AND ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN PHARMACY.
DR LEUNG ADDED: +IN SHORT, THE UNDERLYING CONCEPT OF THE PAN PACIFIC FOUNDATION IS THAT HOSPITAL AND ACADEMIC PHARMACISTS IN THE PACIFIC BASIN WILL CONTRIBUTE MUCH TO THE IR MUTUAL WELFARE AND BETTER PATIENT CARE IF THEY CAN COME TOGETHER REGULARLY TO SHARE THEIR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES IN A CROSS-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.
+1 CHERISH SUCH A CONCEPT BECAUSE ONLY THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE AND LATEST FINDINGS CAN PROGRESS BE MADE IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, AS IN MANY OTHER FIELDS INCLUDING OF COURSE YOUR OWN.+
HE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT MUCH OF GREAT VALUE WOULD BE DERIVED FROM THE CONFERENCE'S HIGHLY-INTERESTING PROGRAMME WHICH COVERED MANY VALUABLE TOPICS AND SOME CONTROVERSIAL ONES.
SUCH SUBJECTS INCLUDED INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS CONTROL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH, HOME HEALTH CARE, PATIENT EDUCATION AND CARE OF THE TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT.
TURNING TO HONG KONG'S MEDICAL SERVICES, DR LEUNG SAID: +THE HEALTH OF OUR FIVE AND A HALF MILLION POPULATION IS BEING LOOKED AFTER BY A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE PROGRAMME PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BY MANY PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS AND HOSPITALS.
+ IN ALL, MORE THAN 24 000 BEDS ARE AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED, CHARITY AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS. THE FIGURE REPRESENTS 4.5 BEDS PER THOUSAND OF POPULATION, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE RATIOS OF
ALL OUR NEIGHBOURING SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES EXCLUDING PERHAPS ONLY JAPAN. +
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