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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985

AS REGARDS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DR THONG NOTED THAT THE DISEASE, WHICH IS ALSO ON AN INCREASING TREND, IS THE NO. 2 LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN HONG KONG.

IN 1969, IT CAUSED 15.1 DEATHS PER 100 000 POPULATION, AND THE FIGURE HAD RISEN TO 44.4 PER 100 000 POPULATION IN 1983.

DR THONG ALSO SPOKE ON THE CARDIAC SERVICE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC BY THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL,

+ THE KWOK TEK SENG HEART CENTRE AT THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL FUNCTIONS WELL AND PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH CARDIAC CATHETERISATION AND OPEN HEART OPERATION 24 HOURS A DAY,+ HE SAID.

REFERRAL CASES ARE FROM ALL PARTS OF HONG KONG AND ALSO SOME COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.

FROM 1982 TO 1984, 52 CORONARY BYPASS OPERATIONS WERE PERFORMED AT THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL WITH NO MORTALITY.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 1 708 OPEN HEART OPERATIONS WERE PERFORMED AT THE HOSPITAL, OUT OF THESE, 792 PATIENTS WHO WERE SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATIC VALVULAR DISEASE NEEDED VALVULAR SURGERY.

THE OVERALL DEATH RATE FOR THOSE WHO UNDERWENT OPEN HEART OPERATIONS DURING THIS PERIOD WAS BELOW EIGHT PER CENT AND 90 PER CENT OF THOSE SO OPERATED AFTER DISCHARGE WERE ABLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL ACTIVE LIFE, DR THONG SAID.

CONTRACT AWARDED FOR NEW STATION COMPLEX

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A $105 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW LO WU STATION COMPLEX HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT, DR NIP KAM-FAN, AND MR VINCENT LO, CHAIRMAN OF SHUI ON BUILDING CONTRACTORS LIMITED.

WORK ON THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TERMINAL BUILDING, SUBWAYS, PLATFORM AND CANOPIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SERVICES.

THE TERMINAL