The Student Health Service provided by the Department of Health has been extended to all secondary day school students this academic year.
The service, introduced last year, aims to promote the physical and psychological health of schoolchildren.
With the full implementation of the service, all primary and secondary day school students are now entitled to receive a comprehensive range of promotional and preventive health services annually.
Each enrolled student will be given an annual appointment to attend a Student Health Service Centre for health programmes designed to cater for the student's health needs at various stages of his or her development.
These programmes include physical examinations; screening for health problems related to growth, nutrition, blood pressure, vision, hearing, posture, sexual development and psychological health; individual counselling and health education.
Students found to have health problems will be referred to the Special Assessment Centre (SAC) for detailed assessment and follow-up, or to the appropriate specialist clinics for further medical attention.
