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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1991

"SO FAR OVER 120 OFFICERS FROM THE AMBULANCE COMMAND HAVE TRAINED IN USING THE EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.

"

BEEN

TIME

MR PANG SAID THE USE OF DEFIBRILLATORS WOULD REQUIRE SOME

CHEST, ANALYSIS OF FOR APPLICATION OF ELECTRODES ON THE PATIENT'S CARDIAC RHYTHM AND CHECKING OF CONDITION.

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"HOWEVER, HE SAID, "THE TIME SO SPENT IS WORTHWHILE.

MR PANG CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CALLING FOR SERVICE TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION AS THE CAUSE OF

HISTORY AND BREATHING, CHEST PAIN, AGE,

AMBULANCE

UNCONSCIOUSNESS, OF HEART DISEASE OF THE PATIENT, WHICH WOULD HELP THE STAFF OF THE FIRE SERVICES COMMUNICATION CENTRE IN DECIDING WHETHER A DEFIBRILLATOR SHOULD BE DESPATCHED.

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WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS TO HAVE BETTER AMBULANCE SERVICE

*

DURING

FIRES, ACCIDENTS

WONG TAI SIN RESIDENTS WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) ASSURED EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES EMERGENCIES.

OF

AND

BETTER OTHER

SPEAKING

AT

THE OPENING

OF

THE WONG TAI SIN AMBULANCE SAID THE DEPOT, WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, DR LEE YUK-KWAN, NEW AMBULANCE DEPOT WOULD PROVIDE EMERGENCY THE 400,000 RESIDENTS IN WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT.

AMBULANCE SERVICES ΤΟ

WANG TAU HOM, ΤΑΙ SIN,

TSZ WAN

DR

WAS LER SAID WONG TAI SIN

A DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICT WITH A NUMBER OF LARGE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES SUCH AS LOK FU, TUNG TAU, UPPER WONG TAI SIN, LOWER WONG SIIAN, CHUK YUEN, CHOI HỤNG AND CHOI WAN ESTATES.

THE NEW DEPOT, LOCATED AT 5 VING FUNG LANE, HAS EIGHT MODERN AND WELL-EQUIPPED AMBULANCES AND A STAFF AMBULANCE OFFICERS.

A FLEET OF OF OVER 80

THE

BUILT DEPOT,

AT A COST OF $12.5 MILLION, OPERATION IN JUNE LAST YEAR.

WAS PUT INTO

ALSO

ATTENDING TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM CHEK-YUEN; CHIEF AMBULANCE MR PANG TAK-SUM; CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HEADQUARTERS) MR AND OTHER LOCAL CELEBRITIES.

WERE THE

ACTING OFFICER,

PETER

CHEUNG:

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