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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1991

"TO QUOTE JUST A FEW: ENDOSCOPIC

LITHOTRIPSY,

DNA PROFILING, BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT AND MANY MANY MORE SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS IN OUR MEDICAL FIELD.

SERVICES;

ALL

"NEW TECHNOLOGY FACILITATES BETTER INVESTIGATION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT, SHE SAID.

"AS WE ENTER A NEW DECADE, WE HOPE TO USHER IN MAJOR SHE ADDED.

REFORMS,

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ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, MRS WONG SAID HONG KONG ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, WHICH WOULD SERVE AS THE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, WAS SOON

TERRITORY'S BE ESTABLISHED.

THE

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"WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO UPGRADE TRAINING FOR SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, ALL VITAL TO THE QUALITY PATIENT CARE," SHE SAID.

NURSES AND DELIVERY OF

ON THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, MRS WONG SAID SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ORDINANCE LAST DECEMBER, THE AUTHORITY PREPARING TO TAKE OVER THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS. HAD BEEN

CONSIDERED STAFF

"ITS PROPOSALS HAVE JUST COME TO HAND AND ARE BEING HAVING REGARD TO THE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS OF THE AUTHORITY, THE AND, ABOVE ALL, OUR DUTY TO THE PUBLIC.

SAID.

"THE TASK AHEAD IS ARDUOUS BUT THE MISSION,

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IMPORTANT, SHE

SHE ADDED THAT HONG KONG TODAY HAD SOME OF THE MOST HEALTH INDICES IN THE WORLD.

"THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE IS A LOW 5.9 PER BIRTHS IN 1990 COMPARED WITH 7.7 PER THOUSAND IN 1986.

IMPRESSIVE

THOUSAND LIVE

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"LIFE EXPECTANCY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL 75 FOR MEN AND 80 FOR WOMEN. "WE ARE NOW FREE OF EPIDEMIC DISEASES AND PROGRAMME HAS PRACTICALLY BROUGHT ALL COMMUNICABLE CHILDHOOD

OUR

UNDER CONTROL.'

IMMUNISATION DISEASES

IN CONCLUSION, MRS WONG SAID HONG KONG HAD MUCH TO BE PROUD BOTH ON THE HEALTH AND WELFARE SIDE.

OF

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SHE ALSO PRAISED TUE FINANCIAL SECRETARY WHOSE BUDGET THIS YEAR SHE DESCRIBED AS 'AN UNFORGETTABLE ONE", ADDING THAT "THERE ARE OF US WHO WILL NOT LET HIM FORGET IT".

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