BETTER HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED
THE ELDERLY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO BETTER AND HEALTH SERVICES UNDER A PLAN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC).
MORE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH то DEVELOP
S.H. LEE, WHEN
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG THE AGED TODAY (THURSDAY).
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DR LEE SAID UNDER THE PHC SYSTEM, SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE AGED WILL INCLUDE PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE, REHABILITATIVE AND HEALTH PROMOTION WORK.
ON THE PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO PROVIDE CHECKS ON OLD-AGE-RELATED DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION TO PATIENTS AGED 65 AND OVER WHO CONSTITUTE 21 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE AT GOVERNMENT GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS.
THOSE FOUND SUFFERING FROM THESE DISEASES WILL BE TREATED AT THE CLINICS OR REFERRED TO SPECIALIST CLINICS, HE SAID.
ON THE CURATIVE SIDE, THERE ARE PLANS ΤΟ INTRODUCE AN APPOINTMENT SYSTEM FOR THE ELDERLY SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC DISEASES, THUS SAVING THEM THE NEED TO QUEUE UP FOR DISCS.
REFERRING ΤΟ REHABILITATIVE SERVICE, DR LEE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAS PLANS TO INTRODUCE A DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEM (DHS) UNDER WHICH THE HEALTH SERVICES OF EACH DISTRICT WILL BE CO-ORDINATED BY A DISTRICT NETWORK.
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THIS SYSTEM, HE SAID, CALLS FOR CLOSE CO-OPERATION AMONG DOCTORS, NURSING STAFF, SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL STAFF, SOCIAL WORKERS DISPENSERS AND SO ON FROM BOTH GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC AND HENCE THE ELDERLY.
A PILOT SCHEME WILL BE LAUNCHED IN TWO SELECTED DISTRICTS BEFORE INTRODUCING THE SYSTEM TO OTHER AREAS.
ON HEALTH PROMOTION WORK, DR LEE SAID HEALTH EDUCATION FOR THE ELDERLY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
APART FROM STAGING EXHIBITION, THE DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A BIGGER NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS AND ORGANISED HEALTH TALKS FOR THE AGED.
TO COINCIDE WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, HE SAID, A TRIAL SCHEME WILL BE IMPLEMENTED EARLY NEXT YEAR AT YUEN LONG MADAM YUNG FUNG SHEE HEALTH CENTRE TO DISSEMINATE HEALTH MESSAGES.
THIS WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE PLAYING OF VIDEO TAPES ON VARIOUS HEALTH SUBJECTS AND THE ORGANISATION OF ACTIVITIES FOR PATIENTS ESPECIALLY THOSE SUFFERING FROM DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION.
ALL THESE, DR LEE SAID, POINT TO BETTER AND MORE HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED IN THE FUTURE.
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