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units which may be needed to cope with the emergency. They can also assist in mass inoculation against epidemics.
Other than in emergencies, the Auxiliary Medical Service provides various regular services such as manning medical posts at government-run Vietnamese refugee camps, staffing methadone treatment centres, assisting the full-time ambulance service on Sundays and public holidays, providing first aid posts at country parks, and reinforcing lifeguard services at public beaches and swimming pools during the summer. Permanent staff of the service give first aid training to government officers, especially those in the disciplined services.
The Auxiliary Medical Service Canoe Training Centre at Tsam Chuk Wan in Sai Kung provides useful training for water activities. During 1983, volunteers reinforced the New Territories Services Department's lifeguards at Cheung Sha Beach on Lantau Island, where several fatal incidents had occurred.
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