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Separately, the Education Department analyses such cases and follows up on special cases e.g. by sending professional officers to the schools concerned to provide specific assistance. In general, schools are encouraged to adopt the whole school approach on matters of guidance and discipline, whereby all teachers in a school actively participate in assisting pupils to resolve their problems.

End/Wednesday, May 17, 1995

Hospital Authority's expenses in operations

Following is a question by the Hon Frederick Fung Kin-kee and a written reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the Hospital Authority (HA)'s expenses in various kinds of operations, will the Government inform this Council :

(a)

of the number of operations performed in HA hospitals in the last fiscal year, together with the average amount of expenses incurred each time for using the relevant medical equipment, in respect of the following:

(1)

(2)

total joint replacement for hip, knee, shoulder and elbow; replacement of spine disc;

(3) percutaneous transluminal coronary stenting;

(4) percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty;

(5) percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (Inoue balloon catheter);

percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvotomy;

(6)

(7)

(8)

balloon angioplasty; and

items of prosthesis for cardiac operation:

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(ii)

Pacemaker;

Carbomedic Valve (aortic and mitral);

(iii) Medtronic Hall Aortic Valve Conduit;

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

Medtronic Hall Valve (aortic and mitral);

Carpentier Ewards Biological Valve (aortic and mitral); Sorin valve (aortic and mitral); and

(vii) filter for blood transfusion of thalassanemia major?