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SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1991

HEALTH NURSES' ROLE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PLANS TO REDEFINE THE ROLE OF HEALTH NURSES IN THE FUTURE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (PHC) DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

AND SCOPE SYSTEM, THE

AND EXPERTISE OF NURSES IN THE "WHILE THE LEVEL OF SKILLS

WORKING DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS IS INDISPUTABLE, THE

IS SCOPE FOR GREATER THAT THERE ON

RECOGNISED PHC HAS

EXPERTISE, HE PARTICIPATION AND MORE EFFECTIVE UTILISATION OF THEIR

PARTY

SAID.

"

THE EXHIBITION

DR LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF ON "ENVIRONMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH", ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG NURSING NURSING IN CELEBRATION OF ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG COLLEGE OF THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY.

PRACTICE IN MANY COUNTRIES HE NOTED THAT IT WAS THE CURRENT

DELIVERY THAT NURSES WERE ASSUMING INCREASING RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE OF PHC.

IN THE TREATMENT "APART FROM PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO DOCTORS

A 'HEALTH OF PATIENTS, NURSES ARE ALSO TAKING UP AN EXPANDED ROLE OF NURSE' WHICH INCLUDES HEALTH PROMOTION, AND REHABILITATIVE, PREVENTIVE AND EDUCATIONAL WORK.

"AS FOR

HONG

KONG,

THE INCLUDING

DEPARTMENT

EXPERTS PROM OVERSEAS,

HAS INVITED HEALTH WORLD ON THE SUBJECT,"

OF HEALTH TWO FROM THE ORGANISATION (WHO), TO COME TO HONG KONG TO ADVISE DR LEE SAID.

"THEIR PROPOSALS ARE IN LINE WITH THE

WORKING PARTY ON PHO HE ADDED.

OF SUCCESS

RECOMMENDATIONS

PHC

OF

THE

THE FUTURE

SYSTEM DEPARTMENT'S STAFF

DR LEE STRESSED THAT THE WOULD RELY ON THE SUPPORT AND CONTRIBUTION OF THE AND THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

TURNING TO THE EXHIBITION, THE DIRECTOR SAID THE IMPORTANCE MENTAL HEALTH WAS INCREASINGLY BEING RECOGNISED.

OF

"THE WORKING PARTY ON PHO HAS RECOMMENDED THAT HEALTH EDUCATION

AWARENESS PUBLIC

OF COMMON MENTAL INCREASE SHOULD BE ENHANCED TO HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TO PREVENT THE ONSET OF DISEASE.

HONG KONG 中† HE SAID.

A SOCIETY LIKE "THIS IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN WHICH IS CHARACTERISED BY INTENSE COMPETITION AND STRESS,

INTRODUCE A

ON THE PREVENTION OF

DR LEE SAID THE WHO HAD ALSO STRESSED THe need to MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT INTO PHC PARTICULARLY MENTAL AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.

"EARLY DETECTION OF

PROVISION

AND

FOR

OF

SIGNIFICANTLY PREVENT THEIR

DEMAND

SPECIALIST

THESE

DISORDERS

APPROPRIATE CARE AT A PHC SETTING WOULD

DETERIORATION AND,

IN

TURN,

LESSEN

THE

SERVICES, HE SAID.

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