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Supplementary to Question No. 8

in LegCo Meeting on 8.4.87.

DR.

IP

Sir, is heat stroke a condition of high mortality in other parts of the world, and could the three deaths mentioned be avoided if treatment was given at the earliest

opportunity?

Secretary for Health and Welfare : Sir, purely as a layman, I

hesitate to advise my hon. Friend, who I am sure,

knows far

more about these things than I do. I am afraid I don't have the answers to her specific questions but I will consult the Director

and, of Medical "Health Services and write to her.

DR.

IP

人

:

and

Sir, has the Medical Health Department

analysed these 20 cases of heat stroke and if so, has it found any difference between the circumstances of those who survived and those who died, so as to alert the public in particular, those organisations involved with vigorous exercise, how to prevent such

deaths?

Secretary for Health and Welfare : Sir, I am not aware of any such analysis, but I will try to find out and let Dr. IP know. As to the question of advice to the public, I understand that health education on the incidence of heat stroke and how to avoid it is given as part of the Young Health Leader Training Scheme organised by the

and Central Health Education Unit of the Medical Health Department. This has been organised on an annual basis for the last five years and about 200 youth leaders attend the training scheme annually.

Miss

DUNN : What symptoms did the officer concerned develop in the early stages, and was he given rapid cooling when he developed these symptoms?

and.

Secretary for Health 人 Welfare :

Sir, I should have to make enquiries

about the detailed circumstances of this particular case, and let

Miss DUNN know.