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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1993
ORGAN DONATION EXHIBITION OPENS
ORGAN TRANSPLANT IS THE ONLY HOPE OF RECOVERY FOR THOUSANDS PATIENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SERIOUS ILLNESSES IN THE TERRITORY.
OF
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AN ORGAN DONATION EXHIBITION TODAY (SATURDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR SH LEE, URGED HONG KONG PEOPLE TO HELP THESE PATIENTS BY ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE ORGAN DONATION CAMPAIGN AND SIGNING UP.
CARING.
DE LEE FELT THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE HAD ALWAYS BEEN GENEROUS AND
HE URGED THE PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE AS A NEW ORGAN WOULD MEAN A GIFT OF LIFE FOR THESE PATIENTS.
HE
INCREASED PATIENTS'
SAID ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF ORGAN
TRANSPLANT CASES HAD
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE NUMBER STILL COULD NOT MEET ACTUAL DEMAND.
DR LEE HOPED THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT ORGAN DONATION THROUGH THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN AND WOULD COME FORWARD AND BECOME DONORS.
HE WAS PLEASED THAT THE ORGAN DONATION CAMPAIGN RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF MANY PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS AND MEDICAL DOCTORS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE.
THE TWO-DAY "GIFT OF LIFE" ORGAN DONATION SIGNING CAMPAIGN AND EXHIBITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S CENTRAL EDUCATION UNIT AND LION ROCK JAYCEES, IS HELD AT THE CRYSTAL ATRIUM ON LEVEL 3 OF METROPLAZA, KWAI FONG THIS WEEKEND.
DR LEE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CO-ORGANISER OF THE EVENT AND SAID HE APPRECIATED THE ENTHUSIASM AND DEDICATION LION ROCK JAYCEES MEMBERS DISPLAYED IN STAGING THE EXHIBITION.
OTHER OFFICIATING GUESTS PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR DR LAM KUI-CHUN, MISS HONG KONG 1993 MOK HO- YAN, CITIBANK VICE-PRESIDENT MS DAISY SHAM, AND HONG KONG JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NATIONAL PRESIDENT MR GEORGE LUNG,
THE EXHIBITION, SPONSORED BY THE CITIBANK, WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM TOMORROW (SUNDAY). MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO VISIT THE EXHIBITION AND SIGN ORGAN DONATION CARDS AT THE VENUE.
HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS
WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUERIES THE SOUVENIRS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO
PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE ON ORGAN DONATION.
VISITORS.
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