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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1991

ON THE NUMBER OF

RENAL

FAILURE

KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN HONG KONG, HE SAID FOR 1989 AND 57 FOR 1990.

PATIENTS WHO HAD

UNDERGONE

THEY WERE 59 FOR 1988, 51

CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TO BE SUITABLE FOR THIS OPERATION,

MR

THEY CONSTITUTED ABOUT 10 PER LOCAL PATIENTS CONSIDERED CARTLAND ADDED.

"THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME FOR PATIENTS WHO HAD FROM CADAVERIC KIDNEYS WAS 3.8 YEARS.

"FOR PATIENTS WHO

HAD RECEIVED

KIDNEYS FROM

TRANSPLANTATION

DONORS, THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME WAS 1.4 YEARS," HE SAID.

CARE MEDICAL

LIVING-RELATED

WHO

FOR PATIENTS IN CHINA, MR CARTLAND ADVICE

RENAL CENTRAL OF THE SEEK TRANSPLANTATION OUTSIDE

ON THE QUESTION OF FOLLOW-UP HAD UNDERGONE THEIR KIDNEYS TRANSPLANTATION

THE SAID THE COMMITTEE NOT TO ENCOURAGE PATIENTS TO HONG KONG.

GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED

"THIS IS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS HEALTH OF THE PATIENTS.

AND RISKS TO THE

RECEIVE FULLY APPRISED

то THOSE PATIENTS WHO "PRIORITY TREATMENT IS GIVEN TRANSPLANTS LOCALLY. PATIENTS AWAITING TRANSPLANT ARE OF THIS," HE SAID.

WOULD

WHO HAD OBTAINED A TRANSPLANT MR CARTLAND SAID ANY PATIENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG AND WHO SOUGHT FOLLOW-UP AT A PUBLIC HOSPITAL NOT BE DENIED TREATMENT.

"IT IS NOT THE POLICY TO 'PENALISE' SUCH PATIENTS.

"HOWEVER, THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO SO," HE SAID.

COMPENSATION TERMS TO PNEUMOCONIOTIC PATIENTS IS UNDER REVIEW

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR HAS WORKING PARTY TO REVIEW THE EXISTING PNEUMOCONIOTIC PATENTS, WITH A VIEW TO FORMULATING IMPROVEMENTS.

TO

APPOINTED AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL

COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS IDENTIFYING AND, IF

NECESSARY,

K.Y. YBUNG THE

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON SAID THIS WHEM REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"I EXPECT THAT THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR WILL BE REPORTING TO

MR YEUNG SAID. ME WITH PROPOSALS BY THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR,

/HE SAID