Supplementary to LegCo Question No. 2
in Legislative Council on 3 April 1985
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1 7 APR 1935
Miss Dunn:- Sir, is there any difference in the
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given to patients who are in custodial wards and those who
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are in general wards? For example, are patients in custodial
wards visited as often as patients in general wards; are normal
records kept of patients' conditions between doctors' visits;
and is the Government satisfied that the staff do not adopt
a less caring attitude simply because the patients concerned
are in a custodial ward?
Director of Medical and Health Services:- Sir, the direct
answer to Miss Dunn's question is no, Sir. There are no
difference between the treatment given to patients in
custodial wards or people in the general wards. They are
put in a special unit which gives them the normal amount of
care that would normally be given to other people. Normal
records are kept and of course, the staff are expected to
see to it that the proper procedures are carried out within
their professional judgement.
Miss Dunn: What about the attitude of staff?
Director of Medical and Health Services:- They are expected
to behave themselves as doctors or nurses to a patient and to
them, a patient in a custodial ward is the same as a patient
in a general ward.