(Appendix B)
(a) Expand the number of general and specialised
hospital beds from 20,098 (4.4 per thousand
population) in 1978/79 to 29, 249 in 1985/86
(5.8 per thousand population).
(b) Increase the number of out-patient clinics
from 52 in 1978/79 to 66 by 1985/86 and the
number of consulting rooms in them from 249
(5.4 per 100,000 population) in 1978/79
to 394 (7.8 per 100,000 population) by 1985/86.
(c) Expand maternity and child health, family
planning, immunisation and health education
programmes.
(d)
Increase
number of psychiatric beds from 1331
to 4555, and psychiatric day beds from 100 to
400, and beds for mentally retarded from 200
to 703 all by 1985/86.
(e) Improve services for the deaf, blind and
(f)
mentally handicapped.
Establish a second medical school to open in
1981 and a dental school to open in 1980.
(g) Open two more nurse training schools by 1982
and a dental nurse training school in 1978.
Introduce training courses at the Polytechnic for
para-medical staff.
(h) Introduce school dental care service.
(i)
The Medical Service Development Advisory Board
to review the above plans each year.
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