Press
Release
23 December 2010
MediLink Teleline Provides Access to Medical Consultation during the Christmas
Holiday
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Press
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23 December 2010
The Hong Kong Medical Association MediLink toll-free telephone hotline, sponsored by Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited, will be in operation again to provide information about access to medical consultation during the 3-day Christmas Holiday from 25 to 27 December 2010.
The MediLink telephone hotline operates in 3 languages: Cantonese, Putonghua and English. Members of the public can access the MediLink hotline service by calling 90000-222-322 to obtain the telephone numbers of doctors who will provide medical consultations during the holidays. In the MediLink, doctors' information is grouped into 18 geographic districts. Callers can choose their preferred districts as instructed. The MediLink hotline information is also available from the HKMA web site at www.hkma.org.
For the 3-day Christmas Holiday, a total of 49 private medical practitioners, 11 private hospital outpatient departments and 12 public clinics registered with the MediLink will be offering medical consultation services.
The MediLink telephone hotline was first launched in December 1995 with the sponsorship of Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited.
Notes to editors:
The Hong
Kong Medical Association, founded in 1920, aims to bring together Hong Kong's
government, institutional, university and private medical practitioners for
an effective exchange of views and co-ordination of efforts. The foremost objective
of the Association is to safeguard and promote public health. The Association
speaks collectively for its members and aims to keep its members abreast of
medical ethics, issues and advances around the world. In fulfilling these goals,
the association hopes to better serve the people of Hong Kong.
Enquiries : Ms. Tracy
GUO
Tel : 2527 8285
Home Page : http://www.hkma.org
E-mail : hkma@hkma.org