Announcement on casualties during Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority spokesman said that as at 9.50pm today (August 10), a total of 16 people sought treatment at Accident & Emergency Departments at public hospitals because of Typhoon. They were aged between 17 to 83; and 7 were men and 9 were women. One male patient (aged 17) was admitted into hospital and his condition was serious.

Ends/Friday, August 10, 2007
Issued at HKT 22:30

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