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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1988

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OUTREACH DENTAL TEAM MOVES TO PO TO1

DISTRICT

A TEAM OF MEDICAL PERSONNEL UNDER THE ISLANDS OUTREACH DENTAL SCHEME, AFTER BEING STATIONED AT PAK MONG ON NORTHERN LANTAU FOR 10 WEEKS, MOVES TO PO TOI TODAY (THURSDAY) TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ISLANDERS THERE.

FREE

THE DENTIST-IN-CHARGE, DR PETER TREPPER, SAID THE SCHEME WAS WELCOMED BY ISLANDERS, PARTICULARLY THE ELDERLY PEOPLE IN REMOTE AREAS, AS IT ENABLED THEM TO GET PROPER DENTAL TREATMENT CONVENIENTLY.

**DURING OUR STAY IN PAK MONG, WE PROVIDED DENTAL TREATMENT TO 50 ELDERLY RESIDENTS FROM THE THREE TINY VILLAGES OF PAK MONG, NGAU KWU LONG AND TAI HO," HE SAID.

"WE HAVE CARRIED OUT 50 RESTORATIONS AND FILLINGS, 33 EXTRACTIONS AND PROVIDED DENTURES FOR SOME PATIENTS WHICH MEANS

OF CHARGE TO $29,000 WORTH OF SERVICES HAD BEEN PROVIDED FREE

THAT

SMALL COMMUNITY," DR TREPPER SAID.

"IN SOME OF OUR VISITS, PHYSICIANS FROM OUR HOSPITAL ALSO ALONG TO PROVIDE OTHER FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ADDED.

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ISLANDERS,

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THE SCHEME WAS INITIATED ABOUT A YEAR AGO BY THE ADVENTIST HOSPITAL WHICH PROVIDED DENTAL PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. IT ORGANISED BY ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.

TEAM,

WHICH

COMPRISES

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FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE MEDICAL DENTIST AND TWO DENTAL ASSISTANTS, WILL BE STATIONED AT PO TOI VILLAGE OFFICE EVERY THURSDAY FROM 10.30 AM TO 3 PM TO PROVIDE FREE SERVICE TO ISLANDERS THERE.

AND

"PO TOI IS OUR THIRD STOP AFTER TUNG CHUNG

PAK MONG. AS WILL THE SCHEME 15 APPROACHING ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY, WE HOPE THAT IT BE A CONTINUOUS ONE SO THAT OUTREACH SERVICES CAN BE FURTHER EXTENDED AND MORE PEOPLE CAN BENEFIT FROM IT," DR TREPPER ADDED.

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