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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1990

"HOWEVER, IT IS EXPECTED THAT AFTER THE SHING MUN TUNNELS ARE OPEN TO TRAFFIC, TAI PO ROAD WILL BE GREATLY RELIEVED OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION BY ABOUT 9,000 VEHICLES, THUS PROVIDING AN INCENTIVE

FOR MOTORISTS TO USE THAT ROAD WIIEN TRAVELLING INTO OR FROM WEST KOWLOON, OR TSUEN WAN," HE SAID.

MOTORISTS

USING THE WIDENED

"WHEN THE SHING MUN TUNNELS OPEN LATER THIS MONTH, COULD CHOOSE TO PAY $6 FOR USING LION ROCK TUNNEL, $3 FOR SHING MUN TUNNELS, OR NOTHING FOR USING TAI PO ROAD WHICH WAS RECENTLY, MR LAM ADDED.

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FURTHER STUDY ON DEATHS ON ARRIVAL AT EMERGENCY CENTRES

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MAJOR

AS THE LAST STUDY ON THE CASES OF DEATHS ON ARRIVAL AT ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY CENTRES WAS CONDUCTED SOME FIVE YEARS AGO, THE DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL SERVICES WILL CONDUCT A SIMILAR EXERCISE IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO COLLECT MORE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON ELIZABETH WONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING A QUESTION FROM THE HON HENRIETTA IP, MRS WONG SAID IT WAS NOT A NORMAL PRACTICE TO MAINTAIN STATISTICS ON THE NUMBER OF DEATHS AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF BLOOD IN ACCIDENTS WHILST THE PRIMARY CONDITION WAS SALVABLE.

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BASED ON A

AT

'AS FAR AS I AM AWARE, WE HAVE SOME CRUDE FIGURES SPECIAL STUDY CONDUCTED IN 1984-85 ON THE CASES OF DEAD ON ARRIVAL MAJOR ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY CENTRES.

PRIMARILY OF ACCIDENT AND

"DURING THE STUDY PERIOD, OF A TOTAL OF 2,193 DEAD ON ARRIVAL CASES REPORTED, THREE CASES WERE SUSPECTED TO HAVE DIED MASSIVE EXTERNAL HAEMORRHAGE BEFORE ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, SHE SAID.

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INFUSE BLOOD

AS REGARDS TRAINING OF AMBULANCEMEN TO SUBSTITUTES TO PREVENT UNNECESSARY LOSS OF LIFE, MRS WONG SAID, THIS WAS BEING LOOKED AT BY AN ADVISORY GROUP ON EXTENDED TRAINING FOR AMBULANCEMEN UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY.

"THE STUDY TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE A USEFUL INPUT TO THE DELIBERATIONS OF THIS ADVISORY GROUP, SHE ADDED.

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