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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993
THE CAUSE IS BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO CONTAMINATION OF HEROIN WITH THE BACTERIA.
FIVE PATIENTS HAVE DIED AND THE OTHERS ARE STILL IN HOSPITAL.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH (SPECIAL HEALTH SERVICES), DR P Y LAM, URGED DRUG ABUSERS TO QUIT THE INJECTION OF DRUGS.
DR LAM SAID: "THEY SHOULD SEEK TREATMENT AT METHADONE CLINICS AS THIS IS A READILY ACCESSIBLE, MEDICALLY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE.
"THE PATIENTS ATTENDING OUR METHADONE CLINICS ARE ALWAYS ADVISED ΤΟ ADOPT A NORMAL AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE STYLE AND STOP INJECTING DRUG."
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DR LAM STRESSED: HEALTH COUNSELLING ON DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE SUCH AS AIDS, HEPATITIS B AND TETANUS ARE GIVEN TO EVERY DRUG ABUSER ATTENDING THE METHADONE CLINICS.
"TETANUS VACCINE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE TO THE PATIENTS VISITING METHADONE CLINICS," DR LAM SAID,
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IN VIEW OF THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TETANUS CASES, SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENCOURAGE OTHER DRUG
ΤΟ RECEIVE TETANUS VACCINE AT THREE DESIGNATED INJECTION CENTRES DURING OFFICE HOURS.
THEY MAY GO TO THE VIOLET PEEL METHADONE CLINIC IN WAN CHAI, THE ROBERT BLACK METHADONE CLINIC IN SAN PO KONG AND THE LADY TRENCH METHADONE CLINIC IN TSUEN WAN TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE OR CONSULT THEIR
OWN DOCTORS.
DR LAM EMPHASISED THAT THIS MESSAGE WAS INTENDED FOR DRUG ABUSERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE UNDULY ALARMED.
RE-INTEGRATION SCHEME FOR EX-PRISONERS
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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE A SUPERVISION SCHEME TO HELP CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PRISONERS RE-INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AFTER THEIR RELEASE.
UNDER THE POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION OF PRISONERS BILL GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY), AN INDEPENDENT STATUTORY POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION BOARD, CHAIRED BY A HIGH COURT JUDGE, WILL BE SET UP TO ADMINISTER THE SCHEME.
THE BOARD WILL EXAMINE THE CASE OF EACH PRISONER AND DECIDE WHETHER SUPERVISION ORDERS SHOULD BE MADE AND WILL MONITOR THE SCHEME.
SUPERVISION ORDERS IMPOSED WILL NOT BE LONGER THAN REMITTED PART OF THE PRISONER'S SENTENCE.
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A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE AIM OF THE SCHEME WAS TO HELP EX-PRISONERS REHABILITATE AND RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.
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