Archive of "200 turn up for first public medical convention", The Straits Times, 28 April 1986

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200 turn up for first public medical convention

MORE than 300 people attended the Singapore Medical Association's convention yesterday when It opened to the public tor the first time SMA President Dr Khoo Chong Tew said public education waa a priority tor the association this year. Hence member* of the public were invited to attend the 17th National Mfdtrsl Convention at the Dr K. V. Pillay delivered the VHH SMA Lecture. Towards Excellence in otb- Aids and other sexually diet and health

According to Dr Edmund Lee, a senior lecturer with the Department of Pharmacology. National University of Singapore, self-medication la widespread in Singapore.

It Involves taking medicine which can be bought without a doctor's prescription. and taking medicine jJcc*criN*x3 for some

Dr Lee said that )ust because a medicine can be Hrrgt1'* does not mean that It is completely sale. It may give rise to aide effect*. interact with other medicines prescribed by a doctor or mash symptoms of aa underlying ittwesr

Consuming medicines meant for someone else Is dangerous because there may be undesirable effect* or It may aggravate the person’s illness. Dr Lee >ng Pao HsU. Head of the Department of Medicine. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, said health screening means going for medical checkups when a man is apparently healthy and without Dr K.T%tnam,| Registrar of Middle Road Hospital, said tourism and the emergence of thereof such as Atria and genital herpes hud altered the pat-I of sexually-traasmlt-dtseaaes In recent ted ware also (acti« the challenge of treating cases of gonorrhoea he said. They had to come up with new treatment to keep abend of the disease, he said.
 * The public's relatively conservative attitudes shout homosexuality had Insulated the population from Aida. Dr Ratnam

tftaaith authorities here were alee moctitorinf chlamydia. a rirallafection which could land to pelvic Inflammatory dteene and female Infertility.

Mrs O-H Rasmussen, consultant therapeutic no trttionist with GWnsagks. said heart disease, cancer and diabetes were ma)or killers here. ■ rcrsstz

Foundation stone laying

THE Minister of State (Health and Foreign Affairs). Mr Yco Chsow Tong, wtll attend the foundation stoor laying ceremony for the Health Ministry's new The centre will be built on Roed within the compound of Tan Tock Seng Hospital The centre will replace the Middle Road Hospital and the Irrawaddy Road Skin Clinic.

=See also=
 * Archive of "Three in S’pore found with Aids-linked virus", The Straits Times, 10 April 1985
 * Archive of "Aids virus: Doctor who 'found it'", The Sunday Times, 14 April 1985
 * Archive of "Aids on ‘must report’ list", The Straits Times, 17 April 1985
 * Archive of "Undergrads to be taught about Aids", The Straits Times, 21 April 1885
 * Archive of "16 more may be carriers of Aids virus", The Straits Times, 30 April 1985
 * Archive of "Special lab to do Aids tests soon", The Straits Times, 18 May 1985
 * Archive of "Man with Aids related virus in hospital", The Straits Times, 21 July 1985
 * Archive of "Ministry steps up Aids drive", The Straits Times, 5 September 1985
 * Archive of "S’pore-Stanford research tie-up bid", The Straits Times, 10 October 1985
 * Archive of "Aids: 20,000 cleared", The Straits Times, 29 November 1985
 * Archive of "Screening tests likely to uncover more Aids carriers", The Straits Times, 1 May 1986
 * Archive of "Aids claims first victim here", The Straits Times, 11 April 1987
 * Archive of "Fear of Aids pushes up condom sales", The Straits Times, 19 April 1987
 * Archive of "Govt dental clinics phasing out boiling", The Straits Times, 1 October 1987
 * Earliest cases of HIV/AIDS in Singapore
 * HIV/AIDS in Singapore's LGBT community
 * Paddy Chew
 * Avin Tan
 * Ajmal Khan
 * Calvin Tan
 * Adrian Tyler

=References=
 * Kong Sook Chin], "200 turn up for first public medical convention", [[The Straits Times, 28 April 1986[].

=Acknowledgements=

This article was archived by Roy Tan.