31 Mar 2009
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health hotline 2125 1133 for public enquiries about renal cases in connection with milk products adulterated with melamine will stop operation from tomorrow (April 1).
A spokesman for CHP said today (March 31) that the arrangement was made in view of the recent decrease in the number of calls received by the hotline.
He said: " The hotline received less than five general enquiries on a daily basis in the past two months. As such the operation of the hotline will cease with effect from tomorrow to better utilise manpower resources.
"The daily press release on the development of the issue, which has been issued since September 21, 2008, will also stop with effect from tomorrow.
"However, the CHP will continue to keep vigilant of the situation. Any new renal case related to consumption of melamine tainted milk products will be made public by the CHP."
About 11,000 enquiries have been handled since the hotline was set up last September.