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OF 020734Z FEBRUARY 93
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, TOKYO, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, CANBERRA INFO IMMEDIATE ASEAN POSTS, HANOI, HKGO LONDON
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
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HONG KONG: HOSPITALISATION OF THE GOVERNOR
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1 FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A STATEMENT ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT 0830Z ON 2 FEBRUARY 1993:
'THE GOVERNOR, THE RT. HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, WILL ENTER THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL TOMORROW (3 FEBRUARY 1993) FOR TREATMENT OF A CORONARY DISORDER. TESTS OVER RECENT WEEKS HAVE REVEALED THAT ALTHOUGH MR PATTEN'S HEART IS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, THERE HAS BEEN NARROWING OF TWO OF HIS CORONARY ARTERIES.
THE TREATMENT, KNOWN AS PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY, WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE LEWIS CARDIAC
IT CATHETERISATION LABORATORY AT THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL. INVOLVES THE DILATION OF THE ARTERIES USING BALLOON CATHETERS. THIS IS A COMMON FORM OF TREATMENT PERFORMED UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHETIC. IT IS EXPECTED THAT MR PATTEN WILL BE IN HOSPITAL FOR UP TO FOUR DAYS AND WILL THEN NEED AROUND A WEEK TO TEN DAYS CONVALESCENCE BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK. HE WILL BE RECEIVING NO VISITORS OVER THIS PERIOD.
MR PATTEN HAS HAD ANNUAL MEDICAL CHECKS FOR MANY YEARS AND HAD A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL EXAMINATION BEFORE TAKING UP THE POST OF GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG. AT THAT STAGE THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THE PRESENT PROBLEM.
DURING MR PATTEN'S PERIOD OF TREATMENT AND CONVALESCENCE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR DAVID FORD WILL BE APPOINTED DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR.'
2. POSTS SHOULD DRAW ON THE ABOVE STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES FROM HOST GOVERNMENTS OR THE PRESS. (FURTHER ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE MADE TO THE INFORMATION CO-ORDINATOR AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE).
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