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Annex A-1
hedical Facilities in the New Territories
Existing Facilities
Hospitals
At present, there are six general hospitals in the New Territories, three are Government hospitals, two Government assisted and one private. The total number of beds available is 550. In addition, Queen Elizabeth Hospital is serving as a regional hospital for NT Bast while the recently opened Princess Margaret Hospital caters for NT West. The total number of beds in these two hospitals is over 3,000; but of course, urban patients are also admitted to these hospitals. The regional hospitals are equipped to treat patients requiring the highest level of specialist care and acute IT cases are transferred for treatment there.
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Apart from the general hospitals, three mental hospitals and one tuberculosis sanatorium are also situated in the NT. These institutions cater for the entire territory and are, strictly speaking, not IIT hospitals.
Polyclinics, Clinics, Dispensaries & Health Centres
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Polyclinics, clinics, dispensaries and health centres are scattered in the New Territories and they are mostly found where pockets of population elist. Small scale dispensaries are provided for more remote areas such as Sai Kung or the outlying islands and two floating clinics - the Chee Hong and Chee an -
Van also pay regular visits to isolated rural spots. Average attendance at these clinics/dispensaries range from ten thousand out-patients per month to only a few hundred and the service offered at these institutions vary from general out-patient consultation to maternity homes, chest clinics, dental clinics, methadone treatment centres and other specialist clinics. Currently, there are two polyclinics (both in Tsuen Wan), ten clinics, four dispensaries and one health centre. The total number of maternity beds provided by these institutions is 229. All the polyclinics, clinics and floating clinics are operated by the Medical and Health Department.
Future Developments
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The medical and health services are being reorganised on a regional basis and each region will eventually have all appropriate general and specialist facilities. Priority is being given to medical facilities in the new towns and the top priority for general hospital provision is accorded to two new major hospitals of 1,200 beds each at Sha Tin and Tuen Mun. The Sha Tin hospital, when completed in 1982/83, will also serve as a teaching hospital for the second medical school to be established at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Planning for medical services and facilities is done on a
/territory-wide