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With problems like pollutions, and eating disorders caused by busy metropolitan city life or irregular working time, we are suspectible to illnesses. Our health can deteriorate gradually without showing any signs. According to the information from the Hospital Authority, there were more than 1 million of people being admitted to hospitals in 1995. That meant in every six people, one was hospitalized. Last year, the death cases were over 30, 000. It was believed that in every one hundred people being hospitalized, more than three people died of diseases. The death of these patients could be caused by three major fatal diseases including cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diseaes of respiratory system . With medical advancement, people in this century have longer lifespan, but this doesn't mean that people are healthier than before. According to the research from Ministry of Health, Japan, the lifespan of Japanese has been prolonged in the past ten years, but the utility rate of hospital beds has also increased. In other words, Japanese spend most of their extra lifespan in the hospital beds. From this case, the real definition of "health" is not only just about longevity, but also the prolongation of vitality of family and society. It would better to use "vitality" as the health standard.
Regular Health Check
Besides paying attention to our lifestyle and body changes, the most effective way to know more about our health is to have health check regularly. Through health check, we can acquire information about the health index of our bodies, and lower the risks caused by diseases. Take people in Hong Kong as an example, the commonly found diseases include : nasopharyngeal cancer, thalassemia, liver cancer, lung cancer, osteoporosis and diabetes. Check up is necessary in preventing these diseases.
The Aims of Health Check︰
| 1. | Early discovery of potential illnesses allows promptly therapies and saves large proportion of medical expenditure. |
| 2. | Observation of body functional changes enables immediate remedy. |
| 3. | Maintenance of good body health through deep body awareness and appropriate life instructions on health. |
Health check is a wise "investment". It can bring you valuable health throughout life, which we cannot neglect. Everyone should have regular health check, the check items of which should be chosen depending on his family history and lifestyle.
When deciding the "Investment Combination", we should not merely focus on the number of checking items, but ignore the following main points:
| 1. | The clinical meaning of the health check combination |
| 2. | The technical standard of the medical laboratory |
| 3. | The creditability of the laboratory testing results |
| 4. | Recognition of the reports |
Specialists and family doctors make crucial diagnostic decision basing on the information of the health check reports. Therefore, it is crucial to ensure the technical standard of the laboratory and the creditability of the results when choosing the medical laboratory services. Since PHC Medical Diagnostic Centre Ltd is the first laboratory attained the international quality management standard of "QUASAR ISO9002", PMS has chosen it as our designate laboratory testing services provider.
"Prevention is Better Than Cure"
The regularity and the integrality of health check are the basic requirements for achieving the old saying, "prevention is better than cure". PMS provides you "Medical Physical Examination Plans" which aims to offer an estimation on your health conditions and a detection of diseases at an early stage.
