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Hands-on approach to mental illness

With the aim of combatting the fear and misconceptions surrounding mental illness, Castle Peak Hospital’s Mind Space museum enables visitors to experience hallucinations, similar to the sensory experiences mentally ill patients encounter, by way of rooms that utilise virtual reality (VR) technology.   A group of secondary students recently embarked on a journey through Mind Space after registering and receiving patient wristbands. This unique mental health experience museum provided them with a comprehensive understanding of the development of psychiatric services in Hong Kong.   Displays in the museum showcase intriguing relics, including the evolution of restraints and handwritten patient records. Additionally, the students were given the opportunity to explore a mock protection room designed to provide a calming environment for patients.   Furthermore, students could learn about the scientific aspects behind the causes of mental illness at the Brain Tour zone. One of the
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Mutant strain case followed up

The Centre for Health Protection today announced that it is following up on a preliminary positive COVID-19 case with the test result involving the N501Y mutant strain.   The preliminary positive case involves a 46-year-old Filipina domestic helper who was asymptomatic. Her source of infection remains unknown.   She travelled to Pakistan with her ex-employer's family in early February and returned to Hong Kong on April 3.   The woman underwent quarantine at Ramada Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel in Sai Ying Pun from April 3 to 23.   Upon completion of quarantine, she stayed in her ex-employer's flat at 31 Tai Wong Ha Resite Village in Tsing Yi between April 24 and 29, before moving to Tower 6, Island Harbourview in Tai Kok Tsui where her prospective employer lives.   She was tested at a community testing centre on April 28 and May 7 and both results came back negative.   In accordance with the requirements of a compulsory testing notice, she was tested again at the community testing centre in Henry G. Leong Yaumatei Community Centre on May 22 and the result was preliminary positive.   The preliminary test result by the Department of Health's Public Health Laboratory Services Branch revealed that the patient was carrying the N501Y mutant strain but not the E484K or L452R mutant genes.   The centre has arranged for the patient’s close contacts to be sent to a quarantine centre. Epidemiological investigations and relevant contact tracing are ongoing.   Considering the risk of infection in the relevant area is likely higher, the Government decided to make a restriction-testing declaration for Tower 6, Island Harbourview.   Starting from 8pm, people in the building subject to compulsory testing are required to stay in their premises and undergo compulsory testing.   The declaration took effect from 8pm and aims to be finished by about 7am tomorrow. People in the area subject to compulsory testing will need to be tested by 12.30am.   They will be arranged to undergo a nucleic acid test at the temporary specimen collection stations set up there, where staff will collect samples through combined nasal and throat swabs.   The Government will arrange door-to-door specimen collection for people with impaired mobility and seniors.   Meanwhile, according to the compulsory testing notice, any person who had been at the building for more than two hours from May 3 to 23, even if they were not present in the restricted area when the declaration took effect, must undergo compulsory testing by May 25.
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