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A young patient has her eyes checked during a visit to a student health care centre at Lam Tin. The Student Health Service, which emphasises health promotion, disease prevention and continuity of care, was extended to secondary schools in 1996. BELOW: A paramedic from the Fire Services Department Ambulance Service answers an emergency call. The department conducted a pilot scheme in 1993 and now has more than 150 paramedics trained to give patients pre-hospital care such as cardiac monitoring, defibrillation and selective drug treatment, enhancing their chances of surviving. Non-emergency ambulance services are being transferred to the Hospital Authority in a move that should be completed in April 1997.

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