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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988

CLINIC

THE SECRETARY SAID THAT OVER THE YEARS, THE OUT-PATIENT SYSTEM HAD FULFILLED AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN THE EARLY ' DETECTION COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND THE PREVENTION OF EPIDEMICS.

OF

"MORE RECENTLY WE HAVE DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE

SERVICES AIMED, IN MATERNAL AND CHILD IDENTIFICATION OF DISABILITY YOUNG CHILDREN," HE SAID.

RANGE

OF

AT PARTICULAR, OR DEVELOPMENT DELAY

THE PROMPT IN INFANTS AND

"HOWEVER, AS WITH HOSPITAL SERVICES, PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS OF THE AND THE DEMANDS SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUT-PATIENT CLINICS ARE RISING ON THEM CHANGING," HE ADDED.

NEXT FEW TO

BE GIVEN IN THE MR CHAU SAID HIGH PRIORITY WOULD MONTHS TO REVIEWING THE ROLE OF OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, IN PARTICULAR CONSIDERING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND THE SERVICES OF THE FUTURE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

DOCTORS, ON THE QUESTION OF SUPPLY OF

THR CURRENT RATES EVIDENCE SUGGESTED THAT MEDICAL SCHOOLS WERE ABOUT RIGHT,

MR CHAU SAID OF INTAKE AT

PRESENT THE TWO

"BUT I INTEND TO KEEP THE SITUATION CLOSELY UNDER REVIEW IN THE LIGHT OF THE CURRENT SHORTAGES OF DOCTORS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

PARTY ON POSTGRADUATE AND THE RECENT REPORT BY THE WORKING

MEDICAL

HAS RECOMMENDED EDUCATION AND TRAINING, WHICH

THAT AN ACADEMY OF T HE SAID. MEDICINE SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG,

WOULD SOON BE

CONSULTED ON THE READY ΤΟ

HE SAID APPROPRIATE BODIES RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING PARTY AND PROPOSALS WOULD BE BE PUT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN MARCH OR APRIL NEXT YEAR.

NOT ACCEPT THE TURNING TO DENTAL CARE, MR CHAU SAID HE COULD

OF CONTENTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD FAILED TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE

MORE THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF DENTAL HEALTH, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ALWAYS COULD BE DONE.

DENTAL SERVICE, WHICH WITH SOME

CHILDREN 370,000

HE SAID THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHOOL WAS NOW EXTENDED TO ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING, HAD MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE TASK OF EDUCATING FUTURE GENERATIONS IN THE

IMPORTANCE

OF

REGULAR

PREVENTIVE DENTAL

HEALTH CARE.

"THE DESIRABILITY OF

EXPANDING THE

DENTAL SERVICE TO INCLUDE, WILL BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW, MR CHAU SAID.

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EFFORTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S FULLY OPERATIONAL, HE NOTED.

FOR EXAMPLE,

OF COVERAGE

THE SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

WERE RECENTLY BOOSTED WHEN ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT

THE BECAME

THE