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A delegation of medical professionals from the Department of Health (DH) and Hospital Authority (HA), led by the Director of Health, Dr P Y Lam, will meet with the Guangdong Province Health Department in Guangzhou tomorrow (March 24) to discuss issues relating to the prevention of SARS.
As Guangdong Province Health Department has eased SARS contingency measures, the delegation and their Mainland counterparts will update each other on the current situation of SARS and review control measures during the meeting.
Members of the delegation include Deputy Director of Health, Dr P Y Leung; HA's Senior Executive Manager (Professional Services), Dr Liu Shao-haei; Co-chairman of HA's Central Committee on Infectious Diseases, Dr Dominic Tsang; Chief-of-service, Department of Medicine of Pamela Youde Eastern Hospital, Dr Loretta Yam and Consultant of DH's Disease Prevention and Control Division, Dr Thomas Tsang.
The delegation will return to Hong Kong on Thursday (March 25).
Ends/Tuesday, March 23, 2004
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