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Wednesday, November 28, 1973
He described as "encouraging" a tendency already noted that the
majority of those dropping out did so because of a lack of motivation
rather than a difficulty experienced in medical or social rehabilitation.
Dr. Choa took some time to explain that the New Territories and
outlying islands did not lack a casualty service, because a system of
transport by helicopter existed to convey urgent cases with the utmost.
speed to major hospitals in Hong Kong and Kowloon, where there were
facilities for their total care.
He felt that these facilities
equipment, laboratory and X-ray services
embracing staff, special surgical
should be provided in urban
hospitals so as to serve the maximum number of people in densely-populated
areas, since they could not be duplicated everywhere.
Dr. Choa said the report of the Medical Development Advisory Committee recommended that the accident service be reorganised, and the New Territories
and outlying islands were included in this plan.
Once implemented, it would introduce improvements to the present
service by providing for rescue, first-aid and transport at the site of accidents, and a number of accident centres distributed on a geographic
basis
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with designated accident centres receiving the more severe, and
accident centres the less serious cases.
In another reference to the report of the Medical Development
Advisory Committee, Dr. Choa drew the attention of the Council to the
proposal for the regionalisation of hospital and clinic services on a
geographical basis.
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