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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE CURRENT WIDESPREAD PUBLIC CONCERN OVER LAW AND ORDER IN THE WAKE OF RECENT HIGH PROFILE VIOLENT CRIMES, THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BE INSENSITIVE TO PURSUE ABOLITION AT THIS STAGE.
FURTHERMORE IT MIGHT SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE TO CRIMINAL ELEMENTS, MR STRACHAN ADDED.
MAJORITY OF AMBULANCE CALLS MET WITHIN TARGET TIME
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR IAN STRACHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT LAST YEAR 91.1% OF EMERGENCY CALLS FOR AMBULANCES WERE MET WITHIN THE 10-MINUTE TARGET TIME.
HE SAID THE PERCENTAGE CAN BE IMPROVED WHEN PLANNED AMBULANCE DEPOTS ARE OPENED.
THE CURRENT STANDARD RESPONSE TIME WAS SET BY THE GOVERNMENT IN APRIL 1987, FOLLOWING A CONSULTANCY STUDY BY THE HEALTH OPERATIONAL RESEARCH UNIT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR STRACHAN SAID THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO ATTEND TO 95% OF THE EMERGENCY CALLS WITHIN A 10-MINUTE TRAVEL TIME ULTIMATELY.
HE SAID THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD NO SHORTAGE OF EITHER AMBULANCEMEN OR AMBULANCES.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS 208 OPERATIONAL AMBULANCES AND 49 AMBULANCES FOR TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE RESERVE.
THE AMBULANCEMAN ESTABLISHMENT IS 2,024 AND THERE ARE NO VACANCIES AT PRESENT.
AMBULANCES ARE DESPATCHED TO THE SCENE INITIALLY ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE FIRE SERVICES COMMUNICATION CENTRE (FSCC).
WHEN THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE INCIDENT ARRIVES AT THE SCENE, HE WILL APPRAISE THE SITUATION AND WHERE NECESSARY, REQUEST THE FSCC TO DESPATCH ADDITIONAL AMBULANCES TO THE SCENE.
IN THE EVENT OF
AMBULANCES HAVE BEEN OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, MR
A SERIOUS INCIDENT WHERE MORE THAN FOUR TURNED
OR UPON REQUEST OF THE STRACHAN SAID A MOBILE CASUALTY TREATMENT
OUT
CENTRE (MCTC) WILL BE DESPATCHED TO THE INCIDENT,
THE MCTC IS EQUIPPED WITH ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE AID EQUIPMENT TO TREAT AND STABILISE THE CASUALTIES AT SCENE BEFORE CONVEYING THEM TO HOSPITAL.
SO
SHOULD THE SITUATION
WARRANT, MEDICAL TEAMS WOULD BE SUMMONED TO THE SCENE TO TREAT CASUALTIES.
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