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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1991

"MEANWHILE, THE HONG KONG OXYGEN COMPANY HAS AND 15 TAKING ACTIVE MEASURES TO IMPROVE AND TIGHTEN ITS PROCEDURES ON MANUFACTURE, CYLINDER FILLING, LABELLING, QUALITY CONTROL AND DELIVERIES.

"FURTHERMORE, BOTH THE COMPANY AND HOSPITALS (BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE) ARE TAKING ACTION TO REPLACE CYLINDER VALVES FOR MEDICAL GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM IN HOSPITALS," MR MARCH SAID.

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REGARDING THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT, FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE 304,074 CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE.

AMONG THESE, 17.102 WERE FIRE

EMERGENCY

SERVICE CALLS, 153,491 WERE

WERE NON-EMERGENCY AMBULANCE CALLS.

MR MARCH SAID IN THE

SERVICES RESPONDED

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CALLS, 10,615 WERE SPECIAL AMBULANCE CALLS AND 122,886

IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 45 MAJOR FIRES AS COMPARED TO 27 DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. MAJOR FIRES ARE THOSE CLASSED AS NO.3 ALARM MAGNITUDE OR ABOVE.

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"THERE WERE 24 FATALITIES AND 316 INJURIES DUE TO FIRES, AND 256 FATALITIES AND 867 INJURIES

SPECIAL SERVICE INCIDENTS, HE

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PERIOD IN THE CENT,

AMBULANCE

"WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIGURES OF THE CORRESPONDING

INCREASED BY 18 1990, THE NUMBER OF FIRE CALLS HAVE

PER SPECIAL SERVICE CALLS INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT AND THE CALLS DECREASED BY SIX PER CENT.

"FATALITIES AT FIRES HAVE RISEN FROM 17 TO 24 WHICH REPRESENT AN INCREASE OF 41 PER CENT.“

ON FIRE SERVICES EQUIPMENT, MR MARCH SAID AT PRESENT six

AMBULANCES AMBULANCE MOTORCYCLES AND SIX NORMAL

WERE EQUIPPED WITH DEFIBRILLATORS UNDER A PILOT SCHEME INTRODUCED

THE BEGINNING OF

THIS YEAR.

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"FROM JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST THIS YEAR, A RECEIVED * DEFIBRILLATION' AND 35 OF THEM RESTORED BEFORE ARRIVAL AND HANDOVER TO THE DEPARTMENTS AT VARIOUS HOSPITALS.

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TOTAL OF 79 PATIENTS HAD THEIR HEART BRAT ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY

"IN SPITE OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS A FULL REPORT COVERING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MEDICAL DOCTOR CONCERNED FOR ANALYSIS.

"WHETHER OR NOT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD FURTHER EXPAND IN THIS AREA DEPENDS LARGELY ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, HE SAID.

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MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WERE ALSO TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE $100 MILLION PROJECT "SECOND GENERATION MOBILISING SYSTEM" - AT THE FIRE SERVICES COMMUNICATION CENTRE AND WATCH A STATIC DISPLAY OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LATEST FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT.

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