ur last issue featured the work of an Organ Transplant Coordinator. This time, we would like to encourage you to share the word about live kidney donation with your family and friends. To raise awareness of the subject among our colleagues, the Central Transplant Committee and Central Renal Committee will stage a joint workshop entitled Live Kidney Donor Transplantation during September. Six renowned doctors - Professor Daniel Chan Tak-mao of QMH, Dr Chau Ka-foon of QEH, Dr Ho Yiu-wing of UCH, Dr Matthew Tong Kwok-lung of PMH, and Professor Philip Li Kam-tao and Dr Simon Hou See-ming of PWH will give updates on this topic and the situation locally and overseas. If you wish to know more, call 2300 6512 now! Enrolment is on a first-come-first-served basis.

hy can't my son study at his preferred choice of secondary school? How come I can never save enough money to buy a flat? Why can't I get promoted, even though I've been working so hard?

We always keep asking "why me?" during difficult times. Some people even mistakenly believe money and power are the keys to happiness. Or they consider happiness to be the result of self-satisfaction, and make the pursuit of sensual pleasures their goal in life.

Yet, it's true that adversities exist in interpersonal relationships as well as career advancement. As healthcare workers, we occasionally encounter difficult cases or unreasonable requests by our patients. What can we do under such circumstances?

Oasis recently rolled out the "Taste the Good Life" series of talks, with the aim of creating a refreshing breeze in our restless lives. The first two talks, "Live and Breathe the Present" and "Surviving Difficult Times", attracted hundreds of colleagues who afterwards expressed their great appreciation for the sessions. For those wishing to catch up on their content, Oasis has uploaded a synopsis of the talks onto its website http://www.ha.org.hk/oasis. DVDs are also available for loan. Interested colleagues can contact 2300 8619 for more details.

s the Chinese saying goes "to save a life is better than building a seven-storey pagoda". So please remember that possessing first aid skills could equip you to save somebody else's life at any moment.

A new Resuscitation Training Centre, opened at United Christian Hospital in mid-June, provides non-medical colleagues with a regular programme of first aid courses that teach techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, choking treatment and the correct use of heart defibrillators. The Centre also runs courses for frontline staff to practise emergency techniques and update their knowledge of first aid. In the long term, it hopes to conduct courses for residents and students in Kwun Tong, so that more people can master first aid knowledge.

o you want to deliver persuasive presentations that achieve your desired results? And, to design impressive eye-catching slides to accompany them?

If the answers are "yes", you shouldn't miss "Presentation Greatness".The instructors of this new training programme, which will be launched by the Hospital Authority Head Office Training & Development team in October, will show you how to start from scratch, create impactful slides and develop brilliant presentation skills.

Its one-day "Appreciation Class" and 3.5-day "Intensive Class" format suits colleagues in different types of posts, including managers, frontline healthcare professionals and general staff. For more details, see the emails that are being circulated or drop a line to
presentationgreatness@ha.org.hk .