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Hospital Authority sends more medical team members to Sichuan (with photo)
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

    The fifth batch of a group of six health care professionals was sent by the Hospital Authority (HA) to Chengdu in Sichuan Province this morning (May 26) to join the medical team already there. Queen Mary Hospitalˇ¦s Consultant (Accident and Emergency)  Dr Tong Hon-kwan will take up the co-ordinating role of the Chief of Service (Accident & Emergency) of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Dr Lau Chor-chiu to co-ordinate the work of the medical team in Sichuan.  Dr Lau is scheduled to return to Hong Kong this Wednesday.

    The six-member team comprises doctors and nurses in Accident and Emergency and Orthopaedics, together with allied health professionals in rehabilitation services.  The professionals are drawn from the Caritas Medical Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital, United Christian Hospital and Tai Po Hospital. 

    There are now 44 healthcare professionals in the HA medical team to provide medical support services for injured people in West China Hospital, West China Second Hospital and Chengdu Childrenˇ¦s Hospital in Chengdu.

Ends/Monday, May 26, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:30

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