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NEW PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS

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MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1993

THE SETTING UP OF A WELL-WOMAN CLINIC AND A NEW ELDERLY CENTRE ARE AMONG THE NEW PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1993/94, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR SH LEE, ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, THESE PROJECTS WAS PROVIDED IN THE 1993/94 FINANCIAL SECRETARY.

DR LEK BUDGET

SAID FUNDING FOR DELIVERED BY THE

HE EXPECTED THAT ABOUT 7, 500 WOMEN AGED 45 BENEFIT EVERY YEAR FROM THE WELL-WOMAN CLINIC.

AND ABOVE WOULD

THESE WOMEN ARE MOST VULNERABLE тсэ DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER OF THE BREAST AND CERVIX WHICH RANK SECOND AND SIXTH IN THE CAUSES OF DEATH DUE TO CANCERS IN THE FEMALE POPULATION, HE SAID.

'WHEN DETECTED EARLY THESE DISEASES HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF A CURE," DR LEE SAID.

то BE SET UP ON THE FOURTH FLOOR OF LAM TIN POLYCLINIC, WELL-WOMAN CLINIC IS EXPECTED TO START FULL-TIME OPERATION

1994.

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IT JS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT OF $5.7 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE PROVISION OF $0.93 MILLION IN THE GOVERNMENT BUDGET.

THE CLINIC AIMS AT PROVIDING A PACKAGED SERVICE COMPRISING PHYSICAL CHECK-UP LIKE GYNAECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION, HEALTH SCREENING TO DETECT DISEASES PREVALENT IN WOMEN, AND HEALTH EDUCATION AND COUNSELLING, DR LEE SAID.

ON HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, HE SAID THE BUDGET HAD ALLOCATED $0.71 MILLION FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE FIRST CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY IN KOWLOON.

"THE CENTRE WILL PROVIDE A PACKAGED SERVICE COMPRISING PHYSICAL CHECK-UP, SCREENING FOR DISEASES LIKE HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES, HEALTH RDUCATION AND PROMOTIVE CARE SERVICES," THE DIRECTOR SAID.

HE NOTED THAT PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OVER NOW

CONSTITUTED ABOUT

NINE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION AND THE FIGURE WAS EXPECTED ΤΟ GROW TO 12 PER CENT BY 2000.

TURNING TO DRUG CONTROL, HE SAID THE BUDGET PROVIDED FOR $0.89 MILLION ΤΟ FUND ADDITIONAL POSTS TO STRENGTHEN THE DEPARTMENT'S FORENSIC PHARMACY DIVISION.

THIS WOULD ENABLE IT TO STEP UP LICENSING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION, AND MEET THE TARGET OF "TWO INSPECTIONS PER MEDICINE DEALER YEAR".

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