Hospital Authority update on drug replacement arrangement
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) has been arranging replacement drugs for patients taking Allopurinol 100mg since March 8 (Sunday).  The spokesman for the HA announced that at 7pm today (March 18), replacement drugs had been arranged for a total of 19,691 patients.  The arrangement was smooth and orderly.

Ends/Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Issued at HKT 20:46

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