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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1985

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PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY WELCOMED

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THE PUBLIC MEDICAL SERVICE WILL WELCOME AND FOLLOW WITH THE GREATEST INTEREST THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE AND SOPHISTICATED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR GUIDANCE IN ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, SAID TODAY.

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG LITHOTRIPTER CENTRE AT ST PAUL'S HOSPITAL, DR THONG SAID THAT AS A MEDICAL ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, HE HAD TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL SERVICES AND RESOURCES WHICH WERE PAID FOR FROM PUBLIC FUNDS AND TO UTILISE THESE RESOURCES IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

+THERE MUST BE COMPETING PRIORITIES WHICH HAVE TO BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN RESOURCES WHICH ARE NOT UNLIMITED, HE SAID.

DR THONG PRAISED THE ST PAUL'S HOSPITAL FOR AGAIN TAKING THE

THIS LEAD IN HONG KONG IN INTRODUCING ADVANCED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TIME A NEW TREATMENT METHOD FOR RENAL STONES.

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HE RECALLED THAT THE HOSPITAL WAS ALSO THE FIRST ONE IN HONG KONG TO INSTALL THE CAT SCANNER IN 1977.

LITHOTRIPTER IS A NEW TREATMENT METHOD FOR KIDNEY STONES USING SHOCK WAVES IN EXERTING PRESSURE ON THE STONES TO MAKE THEM CRUMBLE INTO SAND-GRAIN SIZE PARTICLES,

IT IS A NON-INVASIVE METHOD APPLIED EXTERNALLY TO THE BODY AND HAS A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE OVER OTHER CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT METHODS OF KIDNEY STONES. FOR SUITABLE CASES.

THAI OFFICIALS TRAINED ON TRAFFIC CONTROL

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FOUR SENIOR THAI OFFICIALS HAVE COMPLETED A SIX-WEEK TRAINING COURSE ON THE AREA TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM (ATC) ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

THEY WERE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ROAD TRAFFIC, MRS SUMONTHA THUNYAPON- ENGINEER OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, MR PREECHA LAOCHAREON- TRANSPORT OFFICER OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, MR TONG NATICHIEM, AND CIVIL ENGINEER OF BANGKOK METROPOLITAN ADMINISTRATION, MR SOMK ID WONGTANGSWAD.

/THEIR TRAINING,

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