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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1987

WITH

HE HOPED THAT THE ST. JOHN'S AMBULANCE SHOULD BE PROVIDED

FIRST AID WAS COMMON ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO TRAIN MORE PEOPLE UNTIL KNOWLEDGE IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD AND WORK PLACE.

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"IF WE HAVE AN INSTANT FIRST AID' MAN TO STOP THE BLEEDING

THE PATIENT IS HANDED OVER TO DO THE

UNTIL RIGHT THING PROFESSIONALS, IT MAY MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH."

OR

THE

MR CHAN ALSO SAID THAT IF EVERY PARENT AND WORKER WAS TRAINED, THE NUMBER OF UNWARRANTED DEATHS COULD BE CUT DOWN.

"ON TV NEWS, ONE COULD SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF A LARGE NUMBER UNTRAINED MEN SHOUTING AND MILLING AROUND IN A CATASTROPHE, AGAINST

TRAINED MEN WORKING QUIETLY SIMILAR

FEWER BUT WITH SCENE

11 HE ADDED. EFFICIENTLY AND SENDING THE WOUNDED SWIFTLY TO HOSPITAL,

OF

A

AND

GOVERNMENT URGED TO IMPROVE AMBULANCE SERVICE

THE GOVERNMENT

SHOULD

ACTION

IN

CARE

AMBULANCE IMPROVING

EMERGENCY UNDER IP, SAID TODAY

TAKE VITAL

IMMEDIATE IN GIVING SERVICE WHICH IS CONDITIONS TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES, DR THE HON HENRIETTA (WEDENSDAY).

THE SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON AMBULANCE SERVICE IN

GROUP LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, DR IP, WHO IS CONVENOR OF THE LEGCO AD HOC

AND APPRECIATE THE SAID: "WE RECOGNISE PREPARING FOR THE DEBATE, QUALITY ALREADY ATTAINED IN THE WORK OF OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE SHARE A COMMON DESIRE TO IMPROVE ON WHAT WE FIND UNSATISFACTORY."

BUT WB

AMBULANCEMEN'S

DR IP SAID IN PREPARATION FOR THE DEBATE, THE AD HOC GROUP WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, HELD FIVE MEETINGS; ONE MEETING EACH

UNION AND THE AMBULANCE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

HAD THE

THE GROUP HAD ALSO

WRITTEN

ΤΟ THE MEDICAL

AND PARAMEDICAL THEIR VIEWS ON

REPLIES

HAD

OF

THE

PROFESSIONALS AND CONCERNED ORGANISATIONS ASKING FOR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE IN HONG KONG.

AND 57

A TOTAL OF 136 LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT OUT BEEN RECEIVED, OF WHICH 47 CONTAINED ADVICE ON AND CRITICISMS AMBULANCE SERVICE.

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