Government provides medical checks for students on milk programme

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Mr Chui Sai On, vowed today that the Government would spare no efforts in providing medical examination and treatment for students who might have consumed contaminated milk. This followed an earlier Government decision to suspend a milk programme for some kindergarten and primary students, and sent medical teams to these institutions to offer free medical checks for these students. The students would be given a detailed checkup if needed, and the Government would provide them the necessary treatment should any kidney stones be detected, Mr Chui said after attending a conference this morning. The milk programme was initiated by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau several years ago to provide milk to some kindergarten and primary students every school day. So far one student was found to have kidney stones after consuming milk made from powder suspected to be contaminated with melamine. The Government had started an urgent communication mechanism with health authorities on the Mainland and in Hong Kong after the detection of melamine in some Mainland dairy products.