TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1993
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GOVERNOR TO UNDERTAKE TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL
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THE GOVERNOR'S SPOKESMAN MADE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY
(TUESDAY):
"THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, WILL ENTER THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL TOMORROW FOR TREATMENT OF A CORONARY DISORDER.
TESTS OVER RECENT WEEKS HAVE REVEALED THAT ALTHOUGH MR PATTEN'S HEART IS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, THERE HAS BEEN NARROWING OF TWO OF HIS CORONARY ARTERIES.
THE TREATMENT, KNOWN AS PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY, WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE LEWIS CARDIAC CATHETERISATION LABORATORY AT THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.
IT INVOLVES THE DILATION OF THE ARTERIES USING BALLOON CATHETERS. THIS 18 A COMMON FORM OF TREATMENT PERFORMED UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHETIC.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT MR PATTEN WILL BE IN HOSPITAL. FOR UP TO FOUR DAYS AND WILL THEN NEED AROUND A WEEK TO 10 DAYS CONVALESCENCE BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK. HE WILL BE RECEIVING NO VISITORS OVER THIS PERIOD.
MR PATTEN HAS HAD ANNUAL MEDICAL CHECKS FOR MANY YEARS AND HAD A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL EXAMINATION BEFORE TAKING UP THE POST OF GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG,
AT THAT STAGE THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THE PRESENT PROBLEM.
DURING MR PATTEN'S PERIOD OF TREATMENT AND CONVALESCENCE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR DAVID FORD WILL BE APPOINTED DEPUTY ΤΟ THE GOVERNOR.
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
REGULAR BULLETINS ON THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH WILL BE ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT HOUSE THROUGH GIS.
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