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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1991
108 NURSES COMPLETED TRAINING COURSE ON AIDS
A TOTAL
A
OF 108 NURSES WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THREE-MONTH TRAINING COURSE ON AIDS RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATES AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE ARGYLE STREET JOCKEY CLUB SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
YU,
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MRS PEGGY LAM AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP ON TRAINING OF INTERMEDIARIES, DR RICHARD OFFICIATED AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
THE COURSE, THE FIRST FORMAL ONE ON AIDS, WAS ORGANISED BY THE WORKING GROUP UNDER THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY ON AIDS TO ENABLE NURSES TO PROVIDE NURSING CARE WITH PROFESSIONALISM, . EMPATHY AND COMPASSION TO ALL AIDS PATIENTS.
IT COMPRISED A TOTAL OF 28 LECTURES BY DOCTORS, NURSES, A PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKER, DIETICIAN AND A HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN.
THE PARTICIPATING NURSES CAME FROM GOVERNMENT, SUBVENTED AND
PRIVATE HOSPITALS.
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID NURSES HAD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN THE BATTLE AGAINST AIDS.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT ALONE WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR THE EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF THE DISEASE.
REQUIRES THE SUPPORT AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT
"OUR SUCCESS IN COMBATTING AIDS CO-OPERATION OF THE HEALTH WORKERS то PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAMME," DR LEE SAID.
WITHOUT THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
SURELY FAIL IN THIS FIGHT."
THE
AND COMMITMENT, WE WILL
HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THROUGH THE HELP OF THE NURSES IN DISSEMINATING CORRECT AND PROPER INFORMATION ON AIDS TO THE PUBLIC, PATIENTS, THEIR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, MUCH CAN BE ACHIEVED IN THE AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAMME AND IN DEVELOPING A COMPASSIONATE, TOLERANT AND CARING ATTITUDE IN THE COMMUNITY TOWARDS AIDS PATIENTS.
ONE CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS FROM LEGCO RACE
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MR CHOW WAI-HUNG TODAY (TUESDAY) WITHDREW HIS NOMINATION FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY-ELECTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WEST CONSTITUENCY, TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 8.
WITH HIS WITHDRAWAL, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOR THE LEGCO SEAT IS NOW FOUR.
CANDIDATES
VYING
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